What a great finish to the year - bet he will enjoy his Xmas!

What a way to finish the year, hopefully Alex can really utilise his new ranking as now he'll be seeded in alot of futures and able to get in to a good few challengers as well. Well done Slabba!!

First futures title since Wrexham 05 according to ITV teletext, hopefully he won't have to wait so long for his next success!!!

Fantastic way to end the year.
If Alex really does have only 4 points to defend till next June then he has an amazing opportunity to go further up the rankings next year. He must have a lot of confidence right now and we need some new blood higher up the pecking order.

From the Nigerian:

Against all odds, 21 year-old Briton Alexander Slabinsky won the second leg of the Oceanic Bank sponsored 7th Governors Tennis tournament in Lagos at the weekend.
The event which held at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club saw the Briton, backed by several tennis fans upstage the number one seed Catalin-Lonut Gard of Romania in two straight sets of 6-4, 6-3 with the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Barrister Babatunde-Raji Fashola in attendance.
It was however a standing ovation for the Briton when the game ended in his favour. Slabinsky, basking in the euphoria of his victory said he was happy to be part of the 7th edition of the Governor's Cup this year, declaring that he would go back to the Queens' country to tell his people of the hospitality which he received from Nigerians during the two-week tournament in Nigeria.
Governor Fashola presented the winner with a gold plated trophy.
While congratulating the Briton for the victory Gov. Fashola urged him to step up his game so that he will find himself in the top echelon of his career in the nearest future.