New Zealand grabbed the first gold medal of the day when the fourth-seeded pairing Jaclyn Hawkes & Joelle King shocked fancied English duo Jenny Duncalf & Laura Massaro, the third seeds, 11-9, 11-10 in the Women's Doubles final in exactly one hour.
Duncalf and Massaro, who reached the gold medal play-off after upsetting top-seeded Australians Kasey Brown & Donna Urquhart in the semi-finals, led in the first game and had game-balls from 10-6 in the second.
But the Kiwis kept up the pressure before leaping for joy after their surprise gold medal triumph.
"We are OVER the moon," said a beaming Hawkes, the world No14 from Auckland. "Not in my wildest dreams did I expect to do this - I am so happy to have won gold. "It's the first time we've played together," continued the 27-year-old. "It's great to get New Zealand's fourth gold in the Games."
Just before rushing back to the court to prepare for the next match - her Mixed Doubles final which followed immediately - Joelle King paid compliments to Hawkes: "My partner here was pretty awesome.
"When I was a little girl, I dreamed about winning a Commonwealth Games medal," added the 22-year-old from Cambridge.
Duncalf was inevitably despondent: "We had the confidence to win gold. There's a very fine line in doubles between winning and losing - they did really well to come back." Massaro added: We weren't expecting to be paired up, and have had very little practice together, but I thought we did well.
"But it's horrible to lose your final match - but I'm sure we'll celebrate silver later," suggested the 26-year-old world No7.
It was a first squash gold medal of the 2010 Games for Australia when favourites Kasey Brown & Cameron Pilley saw off New Zealand outsiders Joelle King & Martin Knight, the 11th seeds, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5 in a 96-minute Mixed Doubles final. Clearly uplifted by her gold medal performance some 20 minutes earlier, King led the Kiwis to a first game lead before the top seeds turned up the power to storm to gold.
Is it a relief, the winning Aussies were asked by a home reporter? "No, it's not a relief," said Brown. "Yes, it is," interjected Pilley. "It's a relief to finish doubles!
"We both played two matches today we didn't lose," added Pilley, the world No16 from Yamba, New South Wales. "Gold again in 2014 in Scotland? That's definitely the goal!"
When asked how it felt to win his county's first squash gold medal this time, the tall 27-year-old responded: "It's special - but more so because you're playing for all of squash in Australia. It's an honour to put on the Australian colours - it gives you something extra, and I think that showed when we came back from one-nil down." Both players agreed that a beer was one of their priorities.
"Gold means everything - it's incredible," said Brown. "To get gold for your country is pretty amazing."
After winning bronze in the singles event, and bronze earlier in the day in the Women's Doubles, Brown became the only player to win three medals in Delhi.
"Winning three medals is a fantastic feeling - a gold medal means so much, especially representing Australia," added the world No8 from Taree, NSW.
"This year I've been working really hard and I feel I've really improved. I was confident I could do well.
"But the first thing I need to do is ring my Mum!"
