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US Open results
New York: The following are the US Open results on Friday, the fifth day of the 2015 tournament at Flushing Meadows (prefix number denotes seeding), according to the reports.
Men
Third round
1-Novak Djokovic, Serbia, bt 25-Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
23-Roberto Bautista, Spain, bt 14-David Goffin, Belgium, 2-6, 5-7, 6-3, 3-1 – retired
Benoit Paire, France, bt 26-Tommy Robredo, Spain, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, 6-1
19-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, bt Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
9-Marin Cilic, Croatia, bt Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakstan, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1
Women
Third round
1-Serena Williams, United States, bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
19-Madison Keys, United States, bt 15-Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 6-3, 6-2
23-Venus Williams, United States, bt 12-Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-4
Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, bt Madison Brengle, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0
Kristina Mladenovic, France, bt Darya Kasatkina, Russia, 6-2, 6-3
13-Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, bt 17-Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5
Roberta Vinci, Italy, bt Mariana Duque, Colombia, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
25-Euginie Bouchard, Canada, bt Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 7-6 (11-9), 4-6, 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.