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Saina advances at China Open
Fuzhou (China), Nov 15 (IANS) Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated the United States’ Beiwen Zhang to advance to the second round of the China Open World Superseries Premier here on Wednesday.
The Hyderabadi shuttler defeated Zhang 21-12, 21-13 in a match which lasted around 30 minutes.
In both the games, Saina displayed her class and temperament to overpower her opponent in straight sets.
In the men’s singles category, Sourabh Verma bowed out of the prestigious meet after going down to Brice Leverdez of France.
In a marathon match of 55 minutes, the Frenchman edged past Verma 21-14, 15-21, 21-11.
In the women’s doubles category, it was the end of the road for India. Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy lost their first match to South Korea’s Ha Na Baek and Chae Yoo Jung 14-21, 15-21.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also crashed out of the meet. They lost to Liu Cheng and Zhand Nan of China 13-21, 13-21 in the men’s doubles match.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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