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US Open results
New York: The following are the US Open results on Wednesday, the third day of the 2015 tournament at Flushing Meadows (prefix number denotes seeding), according to the reports.
Men
Second round
23-Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, bt Pablo Carreqo-Busta, Spain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4
14-David Goffin, Belgium, bt Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
10-Milos Raonic, Canada, bt Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-1)
18-Feliciano Lopez, Spain, bt Mardy Fish, United States, 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
32-Fabio Fognini, Italy, bt Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-4, 6- 4
8-Rafael Nadal, Spain, bt Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7-6 (7- 5), 6-3, 7-5
Benont Paire, France, bt Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
26-Tommy Robredo, Spain, bt Samuel Groth, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
19-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, bt Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, bt Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-4
9-Marin Cilic, Croatia, bt Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, 6-2, 6-3, 7- 5
Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakstan, bt 17-Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 4-6, 6-4
27-Jeremy Chardy, France, bt Martin Klizan, Slovak, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1)
7-David Ferrer, Spain, bt Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)
Women
Second round
1-Serena Williams, United States, bt Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, bt Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 6-2, 6-1
19-Madison Keys, United States, bt Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2
15-Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, bt Magda Linette, Poland, 6-3, 6-2
12-Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, bt Misaki Doi, Japan, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
Anett Kontaveit, Esthonia, bt 31-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 7-5, 6-4
Madison Brengle, United States, bt Anna Tatishvili, United States, 6-3, 6-2
Darya Kasatkina, Russia, bt Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-4, 6-4
Kristina Mladenovic, France, bt Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 7-5, 6-1
17-Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, bt Kaia Kanepi, Esthonia, 6-3, 6-4
13-Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, bt Lauren Davis, United States, 6-1, 6-2
Roberta Vinci, Italy, bt Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
Mariana Duque, Colombia, bt Ociane Dodin, France, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
25-Euginie Bouchard Canada, bt Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 6- 7 (2-7), 6-3
Dominika Cibulkova, Slovak, bt Jessica Pegula, United States, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
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.