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Del Porto reaches Paris Masters quarters for 3rd time
Paris, Nov 2 (IANS) Argentine tennis pro Juan Martin del Potro on Thursday defeated Robin Haase of the Netherlands 7-5, 6-4, to earn a place in the Paris Masters quarterfinals for the third time in his career.
Del Potro, the No. 13 seed, struggled to hold his serve as he won just 68 and 61 percent of his first and second serve points respectively, reports Efe.
The former world No. 4, however, managed to break Haase’s serve three times, seizing on all break points he was offered, while his serve broke only once.
The 29-year-old del-Potro needed one hour and 32 minutes to earn a fourth career win over Haase in as many matches, boosting his hopes of taking part in the season ending ATP Finals.
Del Potro ended Haase’s best run ever in the Paris Masters after the Dutchman stunned forth seeded German Alexander Zverev in the previous round.
Eyeing his first win in the round of 8 at the tournament, Del Potro will play the winner of the match between sixth-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and ninth seed American John Isner.
In his previous two attempts, Del Potro had to retire against Czech Radek Stepanek in 2009 and four years later he lost to Swiss Roger Federer.
Federer for his part, pulled out of this year’s Paris Masters after winning the Shanghai title and Swiss Indoors Basel crown.
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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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