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Karman Kaur Thandi win ITF juniors women’s singles
Kolkata: India’s Karman Kaur Thandi today won the women’s Singles Under 18 trophy winning over Thailand’s Y. Jittakoat 6-4, 7-5 at the ITF juniors.
Thandi, from 1-3 down in the first set, grabbed it by a close 6-4. She went down again in the second set, as the score board displayed 5-2 in favour of Jittakoat.
From there, the 16-year-old Thandi made a stunning comeback as she won five consecutive games to win the championship in one hour 50 minutes.
In the Boys Singles Under 18, top seeded Aryan Goveas was tamed for the first six games as Taipei’s Cing Yang Meng, the 3rd seed of the draw, quickly pocketed the opening set by a dominating 6-0 in less than 30 minutes.
The second set saw a comeback from India’s Goveas as he rallied to win the set by a close 7-5, taking the match to the decider.
In the decider, Goveas excited the audience as he took a lead of 3-0 with double break of serves in no time.
Meng, however, refused to give up and snatched four consecutive games, thereby leading by 4-3.
Goveas though held his serve at 3-4, levelling the set at 4-4 but ultimately failed to satisfy the cheering audience as Meng claimed the title by 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 in two hours five minutes.
Today’s match score (IND, if not specified):
Boys Singles Under 18 (Final)
Cing Yang Meng (TPE)(3) bt Aryan Goveas (1) 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
Girls Singles Under 18 (Final)
Karman Kaur Thandi (1) bt Y. Jittakoat (THA)(6) 6-4, 7-5
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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