Somdev Devvarman was at his fluent best on way to the men's singles final while Sania Mirza took time to come on top in the women's singles semi-final of the tennis contest at the Common wealth Games here Friday. Somdev's run in men's doubles, however, was halted when he and RohanBopanna went down to third-seeded Englishmen Ross Hutchins and Ken Skupski 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 in the semi-finals.
There was bigger disappointment and disbelief a little later when top seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were knocked out by fourth-seeded Australian pair Peter Luczak and Paul Hanley 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-finals.In the singles. Somdev eased into the final with a 6-3, 6-1 win over third-seeded Australian Mattt Ebden, but it was hard work for second-seeded Sania as she had to fight from a set and a break down to snatch a 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over sixth-seeded Australian Olivia Rogowska.
Unlike the slow start in his earlier two outings, World No. 97 Somdev took charge of the match right away. He served so well that he shed his characteristic baseline play, often charged the net to finish 70 percent the points he won.Somdev also cleverly kept the ball in play to wear the Australian down. Bent invariably angled his shots out or hit wide even when the Indian was out of position.
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