Yes!

Alex playing very solid tennis, some really good rallies and his groundstrokes are consistently deep and with some pace

Into a 3rd set we go...

-- Edited by spud on Saturday 1st of October 2011 11:24:50 AM

Breaks! 2-6 6-4 *2-1

Two more BPs saved from 15 - 40,    3 - 1 *

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 1st of October 2011 11:42:47 AM

5-1*

Alex has thus won his first Futures singles title at his 4th attempt (his breakthrough Final in Spain back in 2008 then Finals the last 3 weeks including this one)

He is W 13 L 2 in Sep/Oct and will move up to about WR 380 on 10 Oct to be GB no. 8 and 2nd among the 21yo Brits behind Evo but ahead of Cox & Milton.

big congrats to alex! i got to see the final set of both the muzz win and this match, so it was a satisfying afternoon of tennis viewing for me.  bergman had big serve and forehand, but alex nicely withstood the barrage and came forward nicely at times. 

i just wish i had sound for the trophy ceremony, as not only did i want to hear what ward had to say, but i was wondering what the heck the guy in red and the guy in blue could be going on about for 15 mins after the winner and r/u were interviewed?  weird ceremony!