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Ana Ivanovic thrashes Simona Halep at Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai: In a second round match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic emerged out victorious against the defending champion Simona Halep from Romania.
Ivanovic defeated Halep by bagging two sets 7-6, 6-2 consecutively.
The highly motivated Ivanovic expressed her keenness on winning against the 24-year-old Halep after her first round victory and made few mistakes in the match here on Wednsday, as per reports.
Ivanovic, ranked 20th in the world, used her height superiority to the fullest against the smaller Halep and left the center court victorious after one hour and 52 minutes.
The match started late at night due to a thunderstorm that hit Dubai in the afternoon on Wednesday.
In another second round match on Wednesday, Germany’s Andrea Petkovic, ranked 101st, upset World No.19 Jelena Jankovic from Serbia in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 after one hour and 18 minutes.
Italy’s Sara Errani, ranked 22nd, gave no chance for Yaroslava Shvedova, beating the Russian who plays for Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-0.
France’s Caroline Garcia won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 against Spain’s Carla Navarro. Their match was interrupted by rain for hours in the late third set.
Czech Barbora Strycova defeated German Julia Goerges 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
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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