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Medvedev wins 1st career title at Sydney International
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev on Saturday defeated Alex de Minaur of Australia to win the men’s singles crown at the Sydney International, the first title of his career.
The 21-year-old winner needed two hours and 13 minutes to beat his 18-year-old opponent 1-6, 6-4, 7-5, reports Efe news agency.
The majority of the crowd in Sydney was cheering for Australia’s De Minaur, but after the match, Medvedev had this to say: “I think it (the crowd) works for everyone. If the crowd goes really crazy, sometimes it can turn you on, also.”
After his defeat, de Minaur said he had wanted to “find a way to just make it competitive.”
“I wanted to just compete until the last point, and I thought that’s what I did. I left it all out there on the court,” he said.
Medvedev claimed his first career title in his second-ever final, after losing the 2017 Chennai Open final against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.
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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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