12 October,2010 11:21 AM IST | | The CenterStage Team
Twenty-five year old Somdev Devvarman put another gold in India's kitty at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday evening.
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He lived up to his billing of being the top-seeded player in men's singles tennis by defeating Australia's Greg Jones 6-4, 6-2. Here's more about this outstanding athlete:
'u00a0Somdev competed in his first tournament in 2002 when he was just 17 years old and living in India.
'He rose to prominence while at college at the University of Virginia in the USA.
'u00a0He is the only collegiate player to ever have made it to three consecutive NCAA Singles Championships, winning it in his junior and senior year.
'u00a0Somdev won the Kennedy Funding Invitational in New York in 2008 beating Sam Querrey, ranked 44, and Dudi Sela, ranked 76.
'u00a0On July 27, 2008, Somdev won the Lexington Challenger.
'u00a0In US Open 2009, Somdev beat Janowicz to qualify for his first Grand Slam singles main draw, but he lost in the second round.
'u00a0He reached the ATP Tour Quarterfinal of the SA Open in Johannesburg in 2010.
