Twenty-five year old Somdev Devvarman put another gold in India's kitty at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday evening.
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.
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