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Murray displaces Federer from second spot in ATP rankings
London: Scottish Andy Murray jumped to second place, while Swiss maestro Roger Federer went down to the third spot in the latest Association Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings, released on Monday.
Serbian star Novak Djokovic, who recently won China Open in Beijing, held on to his No.1 place with 15,785 points, reports.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the finalist at Beijing, jumped to the seventh place, followed by countryman David Ferrer.
South African Kevin Anderson held on to the 10th place.
The current ATP rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 15,785 points
2. Andy Murray (Scotland) 8,640
3. Roger Federer (Switzerland) 8,420
4. Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 6,495
5. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 4.910
6. Kei Nishikori (Japan) 4,710
7. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 4.060
8. David Ferrer (Spain) 3.945
9. Milos Raonic (Canada) 2.770
10. Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 2.475.
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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.