Bermuda sprinter Tre Houston ran a personal best time of 10.45 seconds in the quarter-finals of the 100 metres in the Delhi, India, yesterday.

Houston's impressive time shattered his previous best of 10.58 which he had set earlier in day in heat eight to reach the quarters.

The 21-year-old, who finished fifth in the quarter-finals to miss out on the semis, will next be in action tomorrow in the 200m heats which is his best event.

"I'm over the moon right now," said Houston. "To at least come out here and perform how I did was a pleasure.

"I surprised myself when I ran a 10.58 in the morning, although I didn't execute my start as I would like to have, and then to back that up with a 10.44..."

In yesterday's swimming events, Nick Thomson and Roy Allan Burch both failed to make the cut in the 100m freestyle.

National record holder, Burch, swam the second fastest time by a Bermudian (51.80) and was only four tenths of a second away from qualifying for the semis. He was fifth overall in heat five. His team-mate, Thomson, came eighth in heat four with a time of 54.36.

Swimming coach, Margaret Heyliger, said both Burch and Thomson could be proud of their displays.

"Although the boys didn't qualify for the next round of events in the freestyle, they did perform well," said Heyliger. "They must now settle down and get ready for their next events and make sure that they are ready to perform to their standards.

Burch and Thomson will return to the pool for the 50m free qualifying heats tomorrow when Kiera Aitken will also be in action in the 200m backstroke.

On the tennis courts, top player Marina Erakovic has questioned the worth of tennis at the Commonwealth Games after the 22-year-old New Zealand number one cruised to her second easy victory in Delhi yesterday, beating Bermuda's Jacklyn Lambert 6-0, 6-0 in just 34 minutes.

Lambert won just nine points, eight off Erakovic's unforced errors.

Erakovic said she enjoyed the Games' atmosphere, but was unsure of the place the Games should have on the tennis calendar.

Would she have it at the Games at all? "Yes and no," she said. "Yes, because I like to play for New Zealand and I like the team atmosphere, and no because this is not a high standard ... in tennis this is not an ultimate goal for us.

"We focus on our tournaments, our grand slams, the different sort of regimes to the other athletes here."

Erakovic, who was once ranked as high as 49, said too many top players were not in Delhi.

"A lot of the top tennis players are not in the Commonwealth so I would like to include everyone, the whole world, but I can't; I don't have a genius solution for that."

Bermuda's men's doubles pairing of Gavin Manders and David Thomas took on Barbados duo Darian King and Haydn Lewis, losing 6-2, 6-3.