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Top seed Somdev Devvarman (IND) has assured of at least a Silver medal in the Men's Tennis Singles in the 19th Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi after he stormed into the Final with a straight-sets win over third seed Matthew Ebden (AUS) here today. The world number 97 outplayed world number 165 Ebden, 6-3, 6-1, in one hour and 11 minutes at the Centre Court of the R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium. His next opponent will also be an Australian as the other semifinal is an all-Australian affair between second seed Peter Luczak and fifth seed Greg Jones. Unlike previous matches, the semifinal featured long rallies but Somdev had strong enough legs and stamina to outlast his opponent. Ebden was coming into this match after playing an energy-sapping three-setter against England's Joshua Goodall and perhaps had not recovered from the gruelling encounter. Nevertheless, he did pose some questions for Somdev but the top seed was equipped with enough answers.The match never rose to expected...

rugby The Rugby Sevens competition considered as an important event of the 19th Commonwealth Games 2010 will be held at Delhi University of India on 11 and 12 October. Rugby Sevens to be highlighted by the numbers as mentioned here: 2016 - Rugby Sevens will be an Olympic Sport for the first time at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 1998 - Rugby Sevens appeared for the first time at the Commonwealth Games in 1998. 1883 - The first Rugby Sevens tournament was played at Melrose, Scotland, in 1883. 100 - A playing field of a Rugby Sevens match is 100 metres long and 70 metres wide, excluding the in-goal area. 91 - The total number of players to have won a CWG medal in Rugby Sevens. 40 - Conversion attempts, by drop-goal, must be taken within 40 seconds of scoring a try. 12 - A Rugby Sevens squad consists of 12 players - seven on the pitch and five substitutes. 5 - Five different CGAs have won a medal in Rugby Sevens. 3 - New Zealand have won all three Commonwea...