India's Somdev Devvarman pulled off the first leg of what he hopes will be an Australian double to reach the men's singles final at the Commonwealth Games tennis tournament on Friday. The top seed won through 6-3, 6-1 against Matt Ebden and will face another Australian, Greg Jones, in the final.
Devvarman, who has broken into the ATP world top 100 this year after a successful college-playing career in the United States, opened strongly with a break of serve to lead 2-0, but Ebden was soon back on level terms with a break of his own. In the women's semi-finals, Indian glamour girl Sania Mirza clawed her way back from a 1-6, 1-3 deficit to defeat young Australian Olivia Rogowska 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. She will play the top seed Anastasia Rodionova of Australia who was taken all the way by fourth seeded compatriot Sally Peers before winning 6-3, 6-7, 6-1.