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Halep overcomes ankle injury to qualify for Australian Open 3rd round
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) World No.1 Simona Halep on Thursday overcame an ankle injury to advance past Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-2 into the Australian Open third round.
It took the top seed an hour and five minutes to keep her bid for her first Grand Slam title alive, reports Efe.
“I feel the pain but I didn’t think about it. I just wanted to play the match and to win it,” the 26-year-old Romanian said.
Halep, in the next round, is set to face the United States’ Lauren Davis, who defeated Germany’s Andrea Petkovic 4-6, 6-0, 6-0.
American Madison Keys also reached the upcoming round after getting rid of Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0, 6-1 in just 41 minutes.
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, meanwhile, needed two hours and two minutes to beat Italy’s Camila Giorgi 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 heading to the third round.
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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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