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Paes to partner Nadal in Paris
New Delhi: Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes will partner Spanish great Rafael Nadal in the men’s doubles at the 3,288,530-euro ($3,629,033) Paris Masters to be played on the indoor hard courts of the Palais Omnisports in Bercy next week.
Paes on Thursday lost his quarter-final match at the Valencia Open partnering Polish Lukasz Kubot but will now look to reach the last stage of the Paris meet.
“Looking forward to playing with this Champion @RafaelNadal at the #Parismasters this coming week…#Legend,” the 42-year-old Paes tweeted on Friday, also attaching a photograph of the Spaniard.
Paes has had a fantastic year, having won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open mixed doubles titles with Swiss ace Martina Hingis.
On the other hand, 14-time Major winner Nadal has had an extremely poor year due to injuries, not winning a single Grand Slam tournament in a year for the first time since 2005.
Paris Masters is the ninth and final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. As the final tournament of the regular men’s tennis season, the cream of the crop will vie to win the prestigious title and clinch one of the remaining qualifying spots for the ATP World Tour Finals to be held in London from November 15 to 22.
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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