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Badminton Denmark Open results Day 1
Copenhagen: Following are Tuesday’s results at Yonex Denmark Open 2015 badminton tournament, held in Odense, central Denmark (prefix number denotes seeding), reported Xinhua:
Mixed doubles:
1-Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei, China, bt Riky Widianto/Puspita Richi Dili, Indonesia, 21-15, 21-19
2-Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir, Indonesia, bt Niclas Nohr/Sara Thygesen, Denmark, 21-15, 21-19
3-Xu Chen/Ma Jin, China, bt Lee Chun Hei Reginald/Chau Hoi Wah, Hong Kong, China, 21-11, 21-14
5-Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen, Denmark, bt Wang Yilv/Luo Yu, China, 19-21, 21-16, 21-7
6-Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock, England, bt Sam Magee/Chloe Magee, Ireland, 21-14, 21-11
7-Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na, South Korea, bt Peng Soon Chan/Liu Ying Goh, Malaysia, 21-18, 21-13
Shin Baek Cheol/Yoo Jung Chae, South Korea, bt Kenichi Hayakawa/Misaki Matsutomo, Japan, 21-14, 23-21
Toby Ng/Alex Bruce, Canada, bt Liao Min Chun/Chen Hsiao Huan, Chinese Taipei, 21-14, 11-21, 21-14
Jacco Arends/Selena Piek, Netherlands, bt Gaetan Mittelheisser/Audrey Fontaine, France, 16-21, 21-15, 21-16
Praveen Jordan/Debby Susanto, Indonesia, bt Vitalij Durkin/Nina Vislova, Russia, 21-18, 21-16
Keigo Sonoda/Naoko Fukuman, Japan, bt Chan Alan Yun Lung/Tse Ying Suet, Hong Kong, China, 21-19, 22-20
Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Yu Yan Vanessa Neo, Singapore, bt Michael Fuchs/Birgit Michels, Germany, 8-21, 21-15, 21-15
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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.