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Chandrika shocks top seed Apoorva in junior tennis tourney
Bengaluru: Unseeded Chandrika Joshi came up with a fine display to shock the top seed S.B. Apoorva in an all-Karnataka girls singles semi-finals 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (1) here on Thursday and set up a title clash with Tamil Nadu’s Shruthi P. in the Under-14 Championship Series junior tennis tournament.
Chandrika had Apoorva on the run with her sensible baseline game and won the first set at 6-2, but lapsed into unforced errors in the second. In the decider, Chandrika showed better focus and consistency and prevailed in the tie-breaker.
Shruthi also fought her way to a creditable 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(3) victory over the second seed K.S. Shimran of Karnataka.
In the boys singles semi-finals, top seed Rajesh Kannan of Tamil Nadu subdued third seed Sandesh Kantimahanti of Karnataka 7-6(5), 6-2, while unseeded Subash Paramasivam (Tamil Nadu) defeated A. Deepak of Karnataka 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Vishal Reddy and Nikhil Niranjan bagged the boys doubles title beating Sandesh Kantimahanathi and Arjun Sriram 6-3, 7-5, in an all-Karnataka final.
The results (semi-finals):
Boys singles: Rajesh Kannan (TN) bt Sandesh Kantimahanthi (Kar)7-6 (5), 6-2; Subash Paramasivam (TN) bt Deepak A. (Kar) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Girls singles: Chandrika Joshi (Kar) bt S.B. Apoorva (Kar) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (1); Shruthi P (TN) bt Shimran K.S. (Kar) 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (3).
Boys doubles final: Vishal Reddy / Nikhil Niranjan bt Sandesh K / Arjun Sriram 6-3, 7-5.
Girls doubles semi-finals (mini sets): Divija / Paarvi Patil bt Kanika Sivaraman / Viveha Sivaraman 4-1, 4-1; KS Shimran / S.B. Apoorva bt Shruthi P / Chandrika Joshi 4-2, 5-3.
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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