Commonwealth Games 2010: Performances of English tennis players day three
James Ward of England ousted Scottish doubles expert Jamie Murray in two sets to progress into the third round of the men’s tennis competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Wednesday. The final match score was 7-5 6-0.
After winning the tough opening set in New Delhi, James who is seeded number four in the championship, swept to win comfortably in the end.
Meanwhile, Ross Hutchins of Scotland, who has teamed Murray in the Davis Cup, was defeated in two sets at the hands of Josh Milton on Wednesday. The final match score was 6-4 6-2.
The third seed Katie O'Brien of England suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Rushmi Chakravarthi in the women's tennis competition on Wednesday. The Indian tennis player who is ranked 472 spots below the world number 144 Katie, bounced back from being
outplayed in the first set to win the next two. The final match score was 1-6 7-6 7-5.
On the other hand, Guernsey's Heather Watson had no such issues as she comfortably got the better of her Indian tennis opponent Poojashree Venkatesha in two sets on Wednesday. The final match score was 7-6 6-3.
Josh Goodall, another England contender in the men’s draw defeated Marvin Rolle from Bahamas in two sets. The final match score was 6-4 6-3.
In the squash competition in New Delhi on Wednesday at Siri Fort Sports Complex, top seed Nick Matthew from England comfortably made his way into the final four with an 11-7 11-5 11-6 straight-games victory over Cameron Pilley from Australia.
Nick’s countrymen Peter Barker is also in the final four after successfully dispatching off his Australian tennis foe, Stewart Boswell in four sets on Wednesday.
The third English contender to win on Wednesday was James Willstrop who after recovering from two games down beat his Australian tennis foe, David Palmer in New Delhi.
Daryl Selby was the only player from the English side who fell short of making it a clean sweep for England as he was downed by Mohd Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia in a marathon four-setter clash on Wednesday.
In the women’s event, Malaysian number one Nicol David was in total control of her game right from the start to win her quarter final clash on Wednesday, whereas England’s second seed Jenny Duncalf also advanced.
Alison Waters from England was taken to five games before getting the better of Joelle King of New Zealand. However, Northern Ireland's Madeline Perry was bundled out at the hands of her Australian tennis foe, Kasey Brown in straight sets.
It was a day of mixed fortunes for the home countries in the badminton team contest.
The English side racked up their third successive 5-0 victory as Mauritius were whitewashed earlier in the morning on Wednesday in New Delhi.
A 4-1 win over Canada followed in the evening session, with Elizabeth Cann's loss by Anna Rice the side's only dropped clash.
Scotland, who will take on England in the final eight of the event, triumphed 5-0 versus Kenya, however, Wales failed to win a clash as they were thumped by the local side, India on Wednesday.
In the archery competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, the English side advanced into the semi final round of the Recurve and Compound categories in the men's event and the final four of the women’s side.
The England’s bowls duo of Stuart Airey and Mervyn King proved too strong for Welsh pair Martin Selway and Jason Greenslade on Wednesday, thus winning 2-0, in the end.
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