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Hewitt to skip French Open
Paris: Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt has decided to skip this year’s French Open in what is likely to be his last year on the ATP Tour.
The 34-year-old two-time Grand Slam champion opted to focus on Wimbledon and Australia’s Davis Cup quarterfinal against Kazakhstan in July, said his manager David Drysdale, according to L’Equipe’s website, as per reported.
Hewitt, who won the Wimbledon Open in 2002 and the U.S. Open in 2001, said in January that he planned to retire after playing his 20th Australian Open in January 2016.
Having struggled with foot and hip injuries in recent years, Hewitt is currently ranked 108th in the world and not included in the firstly announced 104-man main draw for this year’s French Open men’s singles.
He reached the quarterfinals of the clay-court grand event in 2001 and 2004, but has not been past the first round since 2010.
The tournament starts May 24 at Roland Garros.
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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