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Muguruza charges into French Open third round

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Paris: Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza advanced to the third round of the French Open with a routine 6-1, 6-4 victory here over Italy’s Camila Giorgi.

Back at the Grand Slam tournament where she made her first big splash as a professional last year defeating American World No.1 Serena Williams in the second round and then going on to reach the quarter-finals, the 21-year-old Muguruza delivered a solid performance on Court 2 to defeat the Italian in one hour and 17 minutes, reports Efe.

The big-hitting Spaniard led 6-1, 5-1 but took her foot off the gas pedal at that juncture before closing out the contest.

Next up for Muguruza in the third round is Germany’s Angelique Kerber, the No.11 seed, who defeated Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-2; Muguruza has lost her previous three matches against Kerber, although none of those was played on red clay.

“Every time I’ve been closer to beating her… She’s having a good season on clay, but I don’t think she’s happy to be playing me,” the 21st-seeded Spaniard said of the 27-year-old Kerber, who won clay-court titles in Charleston and Stuttgart earlier this year.

“I’ll be up for the challenge,” Muguruza added, recalling that in their last match in Sydney she felt she had the match under control before the German used her experience to turn it around and win 0-6, 6-1, 6-4.

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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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