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Serena Williams holds top spot in WTA rankings
Madrid: American professional tennis player Serena Williams continues to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings as world number one with 9,981 points in fresh rankings published on Monday.
In this week’s rankings, 10th-seed Spanish Carla Suarez was replaced by German Andrea Petkovic, reports Efe.
Williams is followed by Romanian Simona Halep with 7,755 points and Russian Maria Sharapova with 7,525.
The current WTA ranking and point scores are as follows:
1. Serena Williams (U.S.) 9,981 points
2. Simona Halep (Romania) 7,755
3. Maria Sharapova (Russia) 7,525
4. Petra Kvitova (Czech) 6,060
5. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 4,790
6. Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 4,063
7. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 4,000
8. Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 3,465
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 3,345
10. Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 3,260.
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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.