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Sania Mirza jumps to third spot in doubles rankings
St. Petersburg (United States): Fresh from her title win with Swiss star Martina Hingis at the BNP Paribas Open, India’s Sania Mirza jumped to her career-best third spot in the doubles, according to the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday.
Sania now has 6885 points, behind top-ranked Italians Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani, who share the numero uno position with 7640 points each.
Sania’s win at the Indian Wells tennis tournament helped her earn 1000 points and rise by two places on the list.
In women’s singles, India’s Ankita Raina moved up by two spots to clinch the 253rd spot, maintaining her status as the country’s top singles player.
In the men’s rankings, India’s No.1 singles player Somdev Devvarman maintained his 176th rank, while Ramkumar Ramanathan gained 10 places to be at 247.
He was followed by Yuki Bhambri who moved up 27 spots to be at the 257th position.
In the men’s doubles, Leander Paes slipped four places to the 25th spot. He was followed by Rohan Bopanna, who slipped by a position.
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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