Oli by 7-6(?) 6-4!

Well done, Oli.  Hard luck, Fitzy.

Oli WINS 7-6 6-4.

Many congratulations!!

and well done to Fitzy for making the final. Both doing really well!

A match it was a pity both couldn't win (!) but well done to Oli on his first Futures title. Hopefully he'll rise about 100 places into the top 550 on Monday week and Fitzy about 50 places into the top 500 after an excellent week for both.

In the first 17 weeks of 2012, GB men have won an ATP singles title and 11 Futures singles titles between them - compare that with just 3 Futures singles titles in the first 22 weeks last year! (they then won 18 in the next 24 weeks)

Of course, part of the reason for the improvement is Challenger-level players like Ward and Baker dropping down to Futures level and winning titles, but it's still very encouraging during what tends not to be the best half of the season for the Brits.

With that result, Fitzy could become @tennisfitzy after a bet he made with Anna, although I hope they both keep their current names for the sake of continuity.

Maza1987 wrote:

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steven, you wrote in your tweet that oli has points coming off soon. but I looked at the entry thread for the coming weeks but do not see anything significant coming off. have i missed something?

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2 points from Edinburgh QFs coming off on 14 May then another 1 for Newcastle R2 on 21 May, so he hasn't got much coming off - I think I may have said that when he had reached the QFs, so he had only covered the Edinburgh points at that stage. Apart from those 3 points, he has nothing more to defend in the first half of 2012.