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Chinese paddlers win German Open titles
Bremen (Germany), March 26 (IANS) Chinese table tennis players won the men’s singles and doubles titles at the German Open, the third event of the ITTF World Tour here.
Ma Long defeated his teammate Xu Xin 4-1 in an all-Chinese final on Sunday, taking the men’s singles crown after they respectively knocked out Wong Chun Ting from Chinese Hong Kong and Patrick Franziska from Germany in the semi-finals, reports Xinhua news agency.
Ma and Xu later beat Lee Sang-Su and Jeoung Youngsik from South Korea 3-0 to win the men’s doubles.
Kasumi Ishikawa from Japan defeated South Korean Seo Hyo-won 4-1, becoming the champion in women’s singles. Hina Hayata and Mima Ito from Japan beat Jeon Ji-hee and Yang Ha-eun of South Korea 3-1 in women’s doubles.
This year’s German Open attracted 284 athletes from 47 countries and regions.
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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.