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Nishikori to be tested as top seed players to play in Barcelona Open
Barcelona: The 64th edition of the Barcelona Open will involve four of the top 10 tennis players in the world, including eight-time champion Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Frenchman Richard Gasquet, to try to take the title that Japan’s Kei Nishikori has held in the last two years.
The tournament was presented on Friday in one of the clay courts in Barcelona in a ceremony presided over by the mayor of the Catalan capital, Ada Colau, and the tournament director Albert Costa, reports Efe.
The Barcelona Open, to be held from April 16-24, also confirmed the presence of other notable rackets such as Spaniards Roberto Bautista and Feliciano Lopez, Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas and Slovak Martin Klizan, among others.
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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.