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Bhupathi personally mentored Nagal: Natekar
New Delhi: Former Davis Cupper and two-time Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar said that Indian tennis ace and 12-time Grand Slam champion Mahesh Bhupathi’s personal efforts and mentoring helped Sumit Nagal win at Wimbledon.
The 17-year-old Nagal became front page material when he clinched the boys’ doubles title at Wimbledon on Sunday.
“Sumit started his tennis in one of our academies and was picked up by Mahesh at the age of 11-12. Mahesh personally mentored him and found sponsors for him,” Natekar said here on Thursday.
The former multiple-time national champion was here in his capacity as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mahesh Bhupathi Tennis Academies (MBTA) to launch the Inter School Tennis Challenge with the help of Information Technology (IT) firm HCL that will be held here from July 27 to August 2.
“Sumit was playing under one of our programmes in Bangalore in his initial days when Mahesh picked him up. He has been training in Germany for the past three years. I hope Sumit gets all the recognition he deserves,” said Natekar.
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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