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Bopanna-Mergea enter Halle Open semis
Halle (Germany): Indo-Romanian tennis pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea earned a straight sets victory in the men’s doubles to enter the semifinals of the Halle Open on the grass courts of the Gerry Weber Stadion here on Thursday.
Fresh from their title victory at Stuttgart last week, the second seeds needed only an hour and 23 minutes to move past Croatian-Finnish combination of Marin Draganja and Henri Continen 7-6(4), 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals. They will next take on American pair of Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky for a place in the final.
Bopanna and Mergea were totally out of touch in the first set as they served four double faults which threw away several chances of earning breakpoint opportunities. On the contrary, Draganja and Continen were able to earn three breakpoint chances but the second seeds managed to save all three, pushing the set into the tie-breaker.
Bopanna and Mergea, however, prevailed 7-4 in the crucial tie-breaker to take a one-set advantage in the match.
Though the second seeds upped their game, they were far from their best in the second set. Both teams got one breakpoint opportunity each but both failed to convert them and once again the set went into the tie-breaker.
The Indo-Romanian once more came out on top to enter the penultimate stage of the tournament, which is considered a warm-up event for Wimbledon.
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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