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Mertens ousts Svitolina in Australian Open quarters
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) Belgian woman tennis player Elise Mertens on Tuesday stunned fourth seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 6-0 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.
The 22-year-old took just one hour and 13 minutes to keep her dream alive at her maiden Australian Open, the season’s first Grand Slam event, reports Efe.
“I have no words, I don’t know what to say,” Mertens said. “I have so many mixed emotions. I gave it all today, I fought. I got a little stress at the end so I played my game and it went well today.”
Mertens hit 26 winners and broke Svitolina’s serve five times out of nine on her way to the convincing straight sets victory.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
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.