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Cilic gets easy win, advances to 2nd round at Rio Open
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 20 (IANS) Croatian tennis player Marin Cilic beat Argentine qualifier Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the second round at the Rio Open here.
“I’m feeling good. It was an okay match. It was a solid match, first one on clay,” Cilic said after Monday’s match, reports Efe.
“I wouldn’t say that I played really, really well. I felt that I played well. In the critical moments I think I played my own game, very offensive and overall I think I controlled the match quite okay.”
The Australian Open finalist, who needed just one hour and 19 minutes to knock off Berlocq, the world No. 139, will play the winner of the first-round match between France’s Gael Monfils and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos in the second round.
“I just have to keep focusing on myself just to try to get day after day a little bit better and better, even tomorrow in practice,” the 29-year-old Cilic said. “Just do a couple things from the match today that I’d like to do and focus on the next one.”
In other action, Spain’s Albert Ramos Vinolas defeated Brazil’s Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, while Chile’s Nicolas Jarry knocked off Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).
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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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