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Tennis player Kyrgios to seek Hewitt’s guidance

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Canberra: Australia’s strife-prone tennis star Nick Kyrgios has enlisted the help of former “bad boy” Lleyton Hewitt to mentor him in the lead up to the US Open.

Kyrgios, 20, has been without a full time coach since he split with Todd Larkham before Wimbledon in June, but has asked Hewitt to fill the void in the lead up to the year’s last Grand Slam, as per reported on Tuesday.

Kyrgios’ mother, Nill, has said that her son will learn a great deal from Davis Cup teammate Hewitt, who is someone the young player admires greatly on and off the court.

“He will listen to Lleyton because he knows what he’s talking about, he’s been at the top and been world No.1,” Nill said on Tuesday.

“What Nick doesn’t like is when people who haven’t been in that situation give him advice, but he’ll listen to someone like Lleyton.”

Kyrgios lost to Kazakhstan’s Aleksandr Nedovyesov in Darwin in a David Cup tie, a little known player currently ranked 96 in the world. Following the result, Kyrgios did not compete in any other matches during the tie.

Tennis experts have lauded the decision as a big step in Kyrgios’ mental development with one Australian tennis writer labelling the decision as Kyrgios’ “smartest move yet”.

The US Open will be held from August 31 to September 13 at Flushing Meadows in New York.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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May 5, 2022

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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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