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Muguruza pulls out of Sydney quarters with thigh injury
Sydney, Jan 10 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza on Wednesday pulled out of the Sydney International quarter-finals due to a right thigh injury.
The injury forced top-seeded Muguruza to end her run at the tournament after earning a hard fought win against the Netherlands’ Kiki Bertens 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) in her second match of 2018, reports Efe.
“I have felt pain in my right adductor since I started practising here. Yesterday I felt better and wanted to play. However, during the match today the pain has been there all the time,” Muguruza said in a statement.
Former World No.1 Muguruza, who needed medical time out after the third game, said she had to adjust her playing style to make the points shorter.
Injuries have marred Muguruza’s start of the 2018 season as she had to abandon or disqualify herself during the match against Russia’s Aleksandra Krunic at the Brisbane International.
With five days remaining before the 2018 Australian Open, the two-time Grand Slam champion Muguruza decided to withdraw from Sydney.
Muguruza is hoping to build on her performance in the 2017 Australian Open, when she reached the quarterfinals, her best result in Melbourne.
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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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