Xzavier Hastick captured his maiden Men’s Top 8 title on Saturday, securing the $2 000 cash prize with a straight-sets victory over top seed Stephen Slocombe at the Raymond Forde National Tennis Centre in Wildey, St Michael.
The Canadian produced an assured performance to win 6-2, 7-6 (7) in a closely contested final.
Hastick dominated the opening set, but the match tightened considerably in the second as both players held serve in a tense exchange that pushed the contest deep into a tiebreak.
Although the encounter threatened to stretch into a third set, Hastick held his nerve to close out the match, later acknowledging how finely balanced it had become.
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