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Tennis: Title for Karunuday as Escoffier retires
Mandya (Karnataka): Karunuday Singh won the men’s singles title when his opponent and top seed Antoine Escoffier of France retired trailing 0-3 in the first set of the final in the Mysore Minerals Ltd ITF Futures Mandya Open tennis tournament here on Saturday.
Escoffier retired with a twisted ankle after he called for the physio’s help on-court to deal with the injury sustained in Friday’s semi-final against Vishnu Vardhan, before deciding to pull out rather than risk further aggravating the injury.
While Karunuday was not too happy with claiming the title the way it went, he certainly was comfortable with the 18 ATP points that came with a purse for $1,440.
Escoffier accepted he could not have continued and said: “I was having problems walking on court and the pain was too much. So I decided to do what is best.
“I spoke to my coach and parents in France and will go back home and rest for a week and not take part in the Sobha ITF Mysuru Open next week.”
The duo had last met in a F8 series in Chennai in 2011 with Karunuday winning the title then too. This is the Indian’s third ITF title having won in Chennai and the Philippines in 2014.
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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