ZARAH DeSilva believes her tennis is back on track after she swept the board at the Colonial Open to help erase memories of a disappointing 2001.

DeSilva enjoyed a revenge victory over fellow teenager Ashley Brooks to scoop the women's singles title at Pomander Gate last Sunday.

Then she teamed up with Brooks to claim the women's doubles title and just for good measure, she also won the mixed doubles playing with her Chilean boyfriend Ben Ureta.

The 18-year-old Bermuda Federation Cup player was keen to get the better of 14-year-old Brooks after the youngster had beaten her in the first round of last year's Colonial.

And revenge arrived in the final, as DeSilva battled back from 4-1 down in the first set to eventually prevail 7-5, 6-2.

DeSilva admitted that the previous year's surprise defeat at the hands of Brooks, which effectively knocked her off the top of the national rankings, had been in her thoughts as she prepared for last Saturday's final.

"It was on my mind," said DeSilva. "I wanted to win last year and to lose to Ashley in the first round - well, it hurt me a lot. So I was looking forward to playing her again this year so I could get kind of revenge.

"Ashley played really well and if I hadn't played well, it could have gone either way. I was down 4-1 in the first set and I was pretty proud of myself to come back and win.

"I was glad we met in the final, because I thought if we did meet it would probably be the match of the year.

"We're good friends so at the end of the match we gave each other a hug. Then we had to go out there again and play doubles."

Both players had come through tough semi-final matches to earn their meeting to decide the championship.

DeSilva overcame her Fed Cup team-mate Danielle Paynter 6-1, 7-5, and equally impressive was Brooks' hard-fought victory over top-seed Deborah Cheng.

Cheng, fresh from her Heineken Open victory last month, seemed set for another final after edging the first set and taking a 5-4, 40-0 lead in the second set.

But Brooks remarkably rallied to save those three match points and won nine out the last 10 games to seize victory.

Brooks' mother Kim Lewis said: "Her goal was to beat Deborah and make it to the final and she did not go further than that mentally. She put so much effort and energy into doing it that it was difficult for her to go out and do it again in the final. But that is something that will come with her development. I was very proud to see her out there playing in a ladies A final."

DeSilva has graduated from Saddlebrook in Florida and next semester she will start at the University of South Carolina on a tennis scholarship. Her boyfriend Ureta, whom she met at Saddlebrook, will attend the same university.

"I'm really looking forward to going there and playing college tennis," said DeSilva. "I've seen the facilities and they're great. The school is expanding and building new tennis courts."

"I know one of the girls on the team there, Christina Ribicic, who used to go to Saddlebrook, so that should help."

DeSilva's success at Pomander Gate helped to eclipse the memory of a disappointing 2001 during which she said she had been distracted from sport.

"I'm playing a lot better than I was last year," she said. "Then I was not getting along with my coach, Craig Bean passed away and school was a lot tougher. This year, I'm getting along great with my coach, school is not so difficult and I'm more focused on tennis.

"In the next year, my aims are to play well for my team in college tennis and to concentrate on my education."

DeSilva and Brooks had to battle hard to win the doubles title by winning a second set tiebreak 7-4 as youth triumphed over experience and they defeated Cheng and Wendy Gelhay 6-2, 7-6.

In the mixed doubles final, DeSilva and Ureta overcame the strong pairing of Ricky Mallory and Lavern Stowe, 6-1, 6-3.

DeSilva wanted to express her gratitude to those who helped her succeed at last week's tournament. "I want to thank The Pro Shop for stringing my rackets, and my brother and parents for coming out to support me."

Like in the women's final, there was an element of sweet revenge in the men's championship clash, as Bermuda Davis Cup player Jenson Bascome defeated Ureta in a reversal of last year's final result.

Bascome overcame the Chilean in a hard-fought three-setter, winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, much to the delight of the home crowd.

And Bascome claimed yet more revenge and a second trophy, as he partnered Ricky Mallory to win the men's doubles title. Mallory and Bascome fought back from a set down to win 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 against Stuart Smith and Mark Cordeiro, who had won the same match-up in last year's final.