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Nadal withdraws from Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Championship
Madrid, Dec 23 (IANS) Spanish tennis player and world number one, Rafael Nadal, will not compete at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, the 10th edition of which is starting in Abu Dhabi on December 28, the tournament’s organisers confirmed on Saturday.
The Spaniard will be replaced by his compatriot, Roberto Bautista Agut, currently world no. 20, reports Efe.
“I am very sorry and disappointed to announce that I won’t be competing this year at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship,” Nadal said, according to the tournament’s official website.
“It was a tough 2017 and I need to take my calendar in a different way in order to be ready,” the world number one added.
Bautista managed to finish among the top 25 in the last four seasons and won two ATP titles in 2017.
Both Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland and Milos Raonic of Canada had previously announced their withdrawals from the tournament, to be replaced by Kevin Anderson of South Africa and Andrey Rublev of Russia, respectively.
This year’s edition of the MWTC, which offers $250,000 to the winner, will also feature Novak Djokovic of Serbia, Dominic Thiem of Austria and Pablo Carreño Busta of Spain.
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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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