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Prarthana enters semis in tennis meet
Bengaluru: Prarthana Prabhakar prevailed over the third seed Sonashe Bhatnagar 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) in an all-Karnataka clash and entered the girls singles semi-finals of the SAT Open-AITA National Series Under-16 junior tennis championship here on Thursday.
In the engrossing three-hour contest, ninth seed Prarthana hung on grimly against a determined Sonashe with the tie going to the wire with a tie-breaker finish.
Prarthana was joined in the last four round by her teammates top seed Shivani Manjanna and eighth seed Apoorva.
S.B. Apoorva beat Lasya Patnaik 7-5, 3-6,7-6 (3 ), while Shivani made a short work of Nikita Reddy 6-1, 6-2.
In the boys singles, top seed Adil Kalyanpur of Karnataka stayed on course as he stormed into semi-finals beating eighth seed Himanshu Mor 6-1, 6-2.
The results (quarter-finals):
Boys singles: Adil Kalyanpur bt Himasnhu Mor 6-1, 6-2 ; S.M. Aadithya (TN) bt Siddarth Thakan 6-2, 6-3; Srivatsa Ratakonda (AP) bt Varun Venkat 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Nikit M. Reddy bt Sai Ganta 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
Girls singles: Shivani Manjanna bt Nikita Reddy 6-1, 6-2; Prarthana Prabhakar bt Sonashe Bhatnagar 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3); Sharanya Gaware bt Sivanuja Peddada 6-3, 6-1; S.B. Apoorva bt Lasya Patnaik 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3).
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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