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Kalva, Sunkara win in Aurangabad tennis
Aurangabad: Qualifier Bhuvna Kalva and wildcard Rishika Sunkara made it to the second round of the $25,000 Aurangabad Open Women’s ITF Championships here Monday.
In the opening round, Hyderabad tennis player Kalva scored a credible 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 win over Britain’s Naomi Cavaday in a match that lasted three hours. Kalva came back from a 1-3 deficit in the decider to register the win.
Fed Cupper Rishika gave a tennis lesson to 16-year-old wildcard Mihika Yadav by winning 6-2, 6-4 in one hour and 45 minutes to ensure a last 16 spot.
In another match, Ya Hsuan Lee of Chinese Taipei snuffed out a challenge from experienced Brit Emily Webley-Smithy, winning 7-6, 6-1 in two hours and five minutes.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
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.