SINGAPORE — National shooter Martina Lindsay Veloso’s parents may have named her after tennis legends Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport, but the avid tennis fans will be glad that their oldest child decided to pick up a rifle instead of a racket.

For the 18-year-old is making a name for herself at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, after notching two out of two wins in the women’s 10m air rifle and 50m rifle prone at the Belmont Shooting Centre this week.

The Nanyang Polytechnic student clinched her second gold of the Games on Thursday (April 12) in a new Games record of 621.0, beating out India’s Tejaswini Sawant (618.9) and European champion (for 50m rifle three positions) Seonaid McIntosh of Scotland (618.1). Teammate Jasmine Ser finished fifth in 615.6.

Martina’s gold medal was also the second for Team Singapore at the Commonwealth Games, after she bagged the first in the 10m air rifle on Monday.

Her victory in the 50m rifle prone came as a surprise to the teenager, who had never competed in a major competition in the event before Thursday.

“I only just started (in the event) recently… To medal, and win a gold medal furthermore is just unbelievable,” she said. “But it’s also my last because this is not an Olympic event anymore, so I told myself to enjoy it.”

The rising young star has chalked up an impressive list of achievements to date. In March 2014, she won the women’s youth 10m air rifle at the Asian Championships in Kuwait. Three months later, the then 14-year-old became the youngest champion at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Munich, Germany after she defeated Olympic champion Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic in the 10m air rifle final. She went on to clinch a silver in the 10m air rifle at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.

At the 2015 SEA Games, she won the 10m air rifle team gold with teammates Ser and Tessa Neo, before beating Ser — a three-time gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games — to gold in the individual air rifle event two years later at the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games.

Ms Jeanine Heng, Singapore Shooting Association’s high performance manager, lauded the young athlete’s achievements at the Games.

“It’s a great achievement for her, and for shooting to be able to contribute to Singapore’s medal tally,” she said.

“Martina is already one of the few shooting stars we have today, and she has definitely helped to raise the standards of the rifle women in Singapore.”

With two wins in two events, Martina will be the hot favourite for a third gold in the 50m rifle three positions in Brisbane on Friday, but she is unfazed by the pressure and expectation.

“I’m definitely going to just give my best and practise for what I’m supposed to do, and hope everything will turn out (well),” she said.

She even managed a chuckle when asked by the media on Thursday about her parents’ obsession with tennis. Her engineer father Melvin and mother Loressa, who emigrated from the Philippines to Singapore in the 1990s, also named Martina’s four siblings after tennis players. Their names are: Marat Lleyton, Monica Louise, Michaella Lorraine, and Mikhael Laurent.

Martina added: “I did not play tennis at all, but at least I did well in another event!”