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Andy Murray knocked out of US Open
New York: World No. 3 and third seed Andy Murray suffered his earliest Grand Slam exit for five years as he lost a gruelling fourth-round contest against 15th seed Kevin Anderson in the US Open here on Tuesday.
South Africa’s Anderson won 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-0) in four hours and 18 minutes to reach his first major quarter-final.
It is the first time since the 2010 US Open that Murray has lost before the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam.
Anderson was broken early in the third set before losing it on a tie-break, before coming back with an assured performance in the fourth set.
Anderson played aggressively and took chances, pouring 25 aces past a helpless Murray, who was denied a 20th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final run.
He hit 81 winners during the match against Murray’s 49, and rushed the net 58 times versus 24 approaches for Murray.
On the other hand, Swiss ace Stan Wawrinka took four sets to cruise past American Donald Young.
Anderson will next face Wawrinka in an intriguing quarter-final match.
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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