Both players and the spectators were surprised at the quality of Jamie's play yesterday, he really peaked for the final, producing a much higher level of tennis than earlier in the week. Jamie's powerful groundstrokes were too much for Marray to handle and he raced through the first set in less than 30 minutes. Although the pair have never played each other in competition before, they know each other's game well, having both used Nottingham Tennis Centre as a training base. Jamie was able to sustain his powerful groundstrokes and accurate passing shots for the entire match and in the 2nd set he produced some breathtaking tennis and Marray was powerless to do anything about it.

Speaking after the match Jamie said “I was really pleased with how I played. Jonny is a great serve-volleyer and I knew I had to take the ball early and try and put him under pressure. I hit some good returns early on and he missed a few at the net which I think caused him to tighten up a bit.”

Reflecting on the week he said “I played some pretty ugly tennis at the start of the week. I found it really hard coming from two weeks of being part of a team during the Davis Cup with everyone really up for it all the time to the tournament here. I just felt a bit flat and tired. I was lucky to get through the first couple of rounds. It wasn't until the quarters that I started to play well. I had to seriously up my game to get through the match. After that I felt much more comfortable and today everything just seemed to come together. I didn't actually think I'd play as well as I did.”

I think that Jamie really believes now that he's better than the rest of the guys in the 10K and 15K futures fields and that gives him a lot of confidence so that whenever he's in a tight match he always believes that he can get through it and win because he knows he can raise his game to a higher level. That was the case in his first four matches where each time he really stepped it up in the final set and his opponents couldn't keep with him.