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Djokovic rolls over Nishikori at tennis World Tour Finals

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London: Serbian World No.1 Novak Djokovic rolled over Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-1 at the Barclays tennis World Tour Finals in London.

Djokovic began his title defence in fine form, dominating the No.8 and pushing his record for the season to 79 wins and 5 losses on Sunday, as per reports.

A minute of silence was observed at the start of the match in memory of those killed in the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday.

The 28-year-old Djokovic broke Nishikori early and took the first set in just 31 minutes.

Nishikori, who became the first Japanese man to play in the World Tour Finals last year, appeared unable to slow the world No.1 in the second set, which lasted just 34 minutes.

Djokovic, who won the year-end tournament in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014, has had one of the greatest years in tennis history, winning the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, as well as five World Tour Masters 1000 titles.

The 10-time Grand Slam champion has failed to reach the final of only one tournament this season – an Australian Open tune-up event in January in Dubai, where he fell to big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals.

The World Tour Finals, which is being played at London’s O2 Arena, is the biggest tournament on the men’s tennis calendar after the four Grand Slams.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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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