CWG: Somdev, Sania enter quarter finals
Sania Mirza entered the women’s singles quarter-finals with a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 win over Brittany Teei of the Cook Islands at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Somdev Devvarman entered the men’s singles quarter-finals with a thumping 6-0, 6-1 win over unseeded Sri Lankan Amresh Jayawickreme.
It was just a more than a stroll in the park for Somdev as he mowed down the unranked Jayawickreme in just 41 minutes.
The Lankan hardly posed a challenge to Somdev and surrendered without any fight. He lost points even when he was in advantageous position in few of the games.
He was up 40-0 in the first game but could not win it, committing far too many unforced errors, to hand Somdev a break.
Somdev wrapped up the opening set in just 20 minutes.
The Sri Lankan, however, managed to hold on to his serve in the first game of the second set to prevent a whitewash.
Somdev will next take on the winner of the match between Scotland’s Colin Fleming and Rubin Statham of New Zealand.