Kiera Aitken just missed out on place in the finals of the women’s 100m backstroke at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi today.

Aitken swam an impressive 1:04.82 in qualifying, fast enough to secure her a place in the day’s first semi-final. Slightly slower in the semis, Aitken swam a 1:04.87 to finish seventh, nearly five seconds behind the winner of the semi-final Australian Emily Seebohn, whose 1:00.28 was a new Games record.

Aitken had the best day of Bermuda’s athletes, with her swim team-mates Roy Allan Burch and Nick Thomson not making it through their heats in the 50 m Butterfly.

Of the two, Burch posted the faster time of 26.51, but still finished seventh in a heat that was won by Australian Mitchell Patterson in 23.92 seconds.

Thomson meanwhile finished third in his heat, posting a time of 27.08, behind Swaziland’s Luke Hall who won in a time of 26.67.

In the tennis, Lambert sisters Tara and Jacklyn had a day to forget. Tara Lambert was thrashed 6-0, 6-0 in her singles match by Heather Watson of Guernsey, while in the women’s doubles, the sisters faired only marginally better, losing 6-2, 6-1 to Scottish duo Mhairi Brown and Jocelyn Rae.

* Full story in tomorrow’s Sports section.