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Chinese Peng Shuai sails into Australian Open 4th round
Melbourne: China’s Peng Shuai equalled her best result at the Australian Open Friday after she breezed into the last 16 of the tennis tournament, beating Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6, 6-3 in the women’s singles.
Peng lost her opening service game before she broke back in the second, as per reports.
The 29-year-old saved five set points in the 10th game to level at 5-5.
In the tie-breaker, Peng came from 1-4 down to win the set on her second set point.
Peng dominated the second set when she broke Shvedova’s serve in the seventh game. She managed to grab the third match point in the ninth game and won the second set in 58 minutes.
Peng equalled her best performance in 11 appearances at the Melbourne Park when she entered the fourth round in 2011.
She will meet the winner between five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova and Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.
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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.