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Sania-Mattek-Sands clinch Sydney doubles title
Sydney: Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands today clinched the women’s doubles title of the Sydney International tennis tournament by defeating top-seeded Americans Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones 6-3, 6-3.
It was Sania’s first doubles title of the season and 23rd of her career. The Indo-American duo needed 69 minutes to complete the victory.
The victory, fifth for the pair together, should boost the confidence of the pair ahead of the Australian Open, starting Jan 19.
The duo earned 470 ranking points each and received $39,000 as prize money.
Sania’s compatriot, veteran men’s doubles player Leander Paes also was in fine form reaching the finals of the Heineken Open tournament in Auckland Friday.
The 41-year-old Indian, teaming up with South African Raven Klaasen defeated the pair of Austrian Alexander Peya and Brazilian Bruno Soares 3-6, 6-3, 10-4.
They will face the pair of Englishman Dominic Inglot and Romanian Florin Mergea Saturday who beat the team of Brazilian Marcelo Melo and Belarusian Max Mirnyi 6-4, 3-6, 14-12.
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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