More on Slabba's win - this is his first title since the Lagos Future in Nigeria in December 2007 (which led to him being named ITF player of the month) and it was his first Final since Falun, Sweden in Sep 2008 (the mo th before his career high of 266) when, believe it or not, he beat his opponent in the Final today in the semis to get there!

Great stuff, good to see him back in winning ways.

Hopefully he'll have a decent chance of going deep in Newcastle this week too though the field is a little tougher with Niland (wr: 225) and Bournemouth winner Prodron (wr: 302) entered.

Not sure what his plans are for the grass, he's entered a hard court futures in Spain the week before Nottingham, so not sure whether this is part of a series of tournaments out there or a one-off.

I'm guessing its hard to judge as he'd definately make the Nottingham qualies if he goes for it but getting a Queens qualies wildcard the next week is very unlikely.

Will be interesting to see if he gets a direct wildcard to Wimbledon qualifying as a player who can definately do real damage on grass.....or if he has to go through the pre-qualifying tournament