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Sania-Martina ousted from Cincinnati Masters

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Cincinnati: The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lost their women’s doubles semifinal, to crash out of the $2,701,240 Cincinnati Masters, following a three-set defeat here.

The top seeds were upset 4-6, 6-0, 6-10 by the unseeded Chinese Taipei’s sister pair of Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan in an hour and 14 minutes on the outdoor hard courts of the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Saturday.

With the win, the Chan sisters levelled their head-to-head to 1-all, having lost to Sania and Martina in Toronto earlier this year.

In a topsy-turvy first set, service games were broken almost regularly. But the Chan sisters clinched four breakpoints to that of Sania and Martina’s three to take the lead in the match.

The Indo-Swiss combine made a brilliant comeback to win six consecutive games next up and bag the second set. Sania and Martina earned three breakpoint opportunities and converted each to race into the third set.

But when it mattered, the unseeded Chinese Taipei pair came good to win the super tie-break 10-6 and advance to the finals of the tournament, to be played on Sunday.

Indian men’s doubles specialists Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes lost their respective quarterfinal matches on Friday.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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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