Somdev Devvarman of India became the first Commonwealth Games men's singles champion on Sunday cruising to a 6-4, 6-2 win over Greg Jones of Australia. The top seed's win had local fans on their feet, 24 hours after the despair of seeing Indian glamour girl Sania Mirza lose the women's singles final in a deciding tie-break to Anastasia Rodionova of Australia.
"A gold medal is tough to come by. I'm happy I got mine. I've worked really hard. Right now, I'm really happy," Devvarman said
"I'm not going to lie, I got a little nervous. It's one of the best feelings for sure. It's a great honour to play for my country." Devvarman, who has broken into the ATP top 100 this year after a successful US college career, had yet to drop a set all week, but he found fifth seed Jones a handful to start with.