After three years on the Island, Bermuda number one Andy Bray has now completed the full set of domestic singles and doubles titles courtesy of his stirring comeback triumph over Jenson Bascome in Saturday?s Argus Open final.

The 29-year-old power hitter did it the hard way, taking 102 minutes to dispose of his Island Games gold-winning doubles team-mate 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 to move within one tournament of completing a rare Grand Slam of domestic ranking events.

It was a typical Bray performance ? all big winners, devastating power and emotion ? which came at the end of a tough tournament for both players, with Bray suffering from flu in week one and Bascome only arriving home four days before the final because of Davis Cup duty in Costa Rica.

And finals day was tough for Bray, who arrived late at the WER Joell Tennis Stadium after requiring a sleep following his 7-6, 6-7, 6-2 doubles final victory with Brian Way over Roger Marshall and David Jenkins that morning.

His problems were compounded by the quickfire victory of the superlative Ashley Brooks over Sasha Fisher in the ladies? final. The 6-1, 6-1 trouncing came in less than an hour, moving forward Bray?s game and leaving him a little unprepared for his duel.

?I was shattered at the start,? said a sweaty but happy Bray after a victory which improved his record against Bascome to 3-1.

?I felt like I had just woken up, which I sort of had, but it wouldn?t have made any difference in that first set anyway because Jenson was just flying.

?That set was all about him, I couldn?t really do anything to stop him.?

But Bray, who confessed he found it ?mentally tough? to play Bascome with whom he had won an Island Games gold in Gibraltar last month, did manage to have a say in the second set.

His power drives were not always finding their target in the first but by being more selective as the match wore on about when to unleash, his winners ratio rose while the unforced errors diminished.

The clash of styles between the reliable, solid heavy spin of Bascome, combined with incredible speed and an ability to retrieve even the most awkward of shots, and Bray?s blast-them-off-the-court approach meant for some intriguing and heart-stopping rallies that kept the 80-plus crowd clapping and cheering.

Bray stepped things up a gear in the second and found himself doing a lot more fist-clenching and self-motivating screams as the winners flowed.

But there was still little to choose between the two, with almost every service game going to deuce.

?I think the big difference was Andy was winning the big points,? said a disappointed Bascome, who returned from a tough week of Davis Cup tennis in Costa Rica before wiping team-mate James Collieson off the court in his semi-final on Friday.

?The second set was so close with everything going deuce, advantage but Andy came up with the big ones when it was needed and that was the difference.

?It was tough for us this week, we had to make the adjustment from different playing surfaces, altitudes and tempos in a short space of time but I can?t take anything away from Andy, he played great today.?

As the music from a fair at Bernard Park rudely broke the genteel silence of the increasingly tense match, Bray opened up even more, rushing to a 6-1 second set victory and then taking an all-important break of serve at 3-2 in the decider to seal the win, but not before battling hand cramps that caused him to hit a few shots into the back netting and even drop the racquet on one occasion.

?This was one of the tougher finals,? said Bray, whose grunting and screaming were indicative of his desire to win.

?Jenson is a great player and it is always tough to beat him. But I am very happy with this one.

?It now means I have won all the singles and doubles titles here, something I didn?t think would have been possible going into this summer.

?I don?t want to really think about doing the Grand Slam, it is about taking these things one game at a time. But overall it has been a great summer for me with three titles and the Island Games golds, the big regret is not getting the team gold in Gibraltar ? I know we could have done it.?

Bray now has to wait until October for the Southampton Princess Grand Prix, the final ranking tournament of the summer, for his chance to complete the Grand Slam.

The earlier ladies? final had been as uncomplicated and one-sided as the men?s one had been intriguing and tense, with Brooks slamming Fisher all over the court for a comfortable win inside 50 minutes.

The confident 17-year-old victor admitted afterwards that she expected such an easy win but still felt she wasn?t playing her best.

?I am not quite there,? said Bermuda?s number one, who stood by her decision not to go to the Island Games because she ?didn?t have the passion for it?.

?I was playing over in Florida and had a couple of little injuries and then coming over here for the summer I haven?t had enough competitive tennis.

?I feel I have fallen away a little but I?m sure I can pick it up when I get back to the States.?

Brooks, who as a younger teenager used to gush about wanting to win the French Open, has now altered her dreams somewhat.

?I just want to get into a good Division One college and play tennis there to the best of my ability, that?s all I want right now.?

In other finals over the weekend, schoolboy Frazer Moore beat Ben Lau 6-3, 6-1 in the Men?s B singles, Earl Leader triumphed over Eugene Simmons 6-2, 6-4 in the senior final before combining with brother Erwin to overcome Oliver Bain and Brian Birch 6-1, 6-3 in the doubles.

In the Ladies? B final, Bev Bursnell beat Aileen Stuart 7-5, 6-2 while in the mixed doubles Jenkins and Alison Towlson beat Jacob Trott and Ashley Brooks 7-5, 6-0.