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Bopanna-Mergea go down in Paris Masters quarters
Paris: Eighth seeded pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea went down 5-7, 7-6 (4), 10-12 in their men’s doubles quarter-final match against Marcelo Melo and Ivan Dodig at the Paris Masters.
The Indo-Romanian team put up a brave fight but ultimately accepted defeat in 1 hour and 34 minutes at the 3,288,530-euro ($3.5 million) hard court tournament here on Friday.
Melo-Dodi converted three of the six points received (50%) and 83 of the 160 total points played (51%) to snatch victory in the close contest. Bopanna-Mergea could ony manage to win two of the nine break points received (22%).
That gave the Brazilian-Croatian duo a slight advantage in the neck-and neck contest as they broke ahead in a crucial phase of the match to claim the first set 7-5.
The second set was equally fought with both teams holding onto their serves, Bopanna-Mergea restoring parity after snatching the tie-breaker.
That setup the match nicely as both refused to give each other an inch. It was a matter of who blinks first and ultimately Bopanna-Mergea did.
Bopanna-Mergea earlier defeated Colombian pairing of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 6-7(3), 6-4, 10-5 in the second round on Wednesday.
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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