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Muguruza breezes into French Open quarters
Paris: Spanish tennis player Garbine Muguruza on Monday entered the quarter-finals of the French Open after she beat Italy’s Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 26 minutes here on Monday.
World No.28 Pennetta broke world No.20 Muguruza’s serve at the very beginning of the match, giving her a 2-0 lead on Court Suzanne Lenglen, reports Efe.
However, Muguruza came back and broke the Italian’s serve twice to bring the score to 2-2, then pushed forward to a 5-3 lead, and took one last game to win the first set.
The second set played out in a similar way as Pennetta led 4-1 on her way to take the set, but then Muguruza kicked into gear and won five straight games and glided into the quarter-finals.
In a courtside interview following the match, Muguruza admitted that while she may have appeared calm during the second set, she was “very nervous” on the inside.
The 21-year old Venezuelan-born Spaniard will play the next round against the 13th-ranked Czech player Lucie Safarova, who defeated Russia’s world No.2 and defending champion Maria Sharapova 7-6(7-3), 6-4.
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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