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Mladenovic joins Top 10 WTA rankings

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Madrid, Oct 23 (IANS) Romanian Simona Halep maintained the top spot of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday as Kristina Mladenovic of France joined the top-10 list.

The 26-year-old Romanian star was followed by Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza.

Czech Karolina Pliskova came in third, ahead of fourth-placed Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

France’s Caroline Garcia and Briton Johanna Konta jumped one spot each to hold the eighth and ninth positions respectively.

Mladenovic jumped three positions to occupy the 10th spot, while Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova dropped enough to leave the Top 10 list.

The current WTA rankings and point scores are:

1. Simona Halep (Romania) 5,675 points

2. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 5,635

3. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5,105

4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5,000

5. Venus Williams (US) 4,642

6. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 4,640

7. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 4,510

8. Caroline Garcia (France) 3,795

9. Johanna Konta (Britain) 3,610

10. Kristina Mladenovic (France) 2,885.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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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