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Monica eliminates Caroline from Miami Open
Miami, March 24 (IANS) Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig pulled off a surprise win 0-6,6-4,6-4 over second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark on the fourth day of the Miami Open.
Wozniacki, who won the WTA Finals in Singapore in October last year, devastated Puig in the first set to take it 6-0, reports EFE news agency.
But everything changed in the first game of the second set, when Puig set up a breakpoint, which the world number two managed to save.
The 2016 Olympic Gold medallist finally managed to break Wozniacki in the fifth game to tie the match and recover her confidence.
Puig, ranked 82 in the world, who beat Australia’s Samantha Stosur 6-3,6-4, in the first round, started the third set in fine form to earn an early break and then held on to win the set.
Puig will now meet Greece’s Maria Sakkari, who beat Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit 6-4,6-1, in the third round.
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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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