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Andy Murray makes his way into Australian Open semis
Melbourne: Britain’s Andy Murray today marched his way into the Australian Open semi-finals defeating Australian star Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3.
Murray would face World No.7 Tomas Berdych for a place in the final at Melbourne Park after the Czech ousted No.3 Rafael Nadal earlier in the day.
Murray has lost his past two meetings with Berdych and trailed 4-6 in career head-to-head meetings.
Murray, the two-time Grand Slam champion kept his emotions steady and won the big points to stop Kyrgios building up early momentum.
Murray broke through in the sixth game to seal the 32-minute opener before Kyrgios settled down in the second set.
The Canberra native stayed with Murray to force a tie-break and threatened to seize the initiative as three straight points saw him go up 3-2 in the breaker.
But Murray again asserted himself and came back from 5-6 down to win the tie-break and clinch the second set.
From there on, Murray didn’t look back and claimed the contest in two hours and five minutes.
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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