The British Tour at Bath this weekend proved to be a great success for TEAMBATH-MCTA Academy. With 8 players in the main draw and 8 more in qualifying, it was set to be a good week.

In the men’s singles Marcus Willis, ATP ranked 611 took the title. The final saw Willis up against the 6^th seed Kyle Brassington, who had overcome the top seed Josh Goodall (ATP 422) in the quarterfinals.  Brassington (ATP 1399) had shown good form throughout the week but it was Willis’s consistency and attacking game plan that allowed him to overcome Brassington in straight sets 6-2 6-4 to take to the title.

Miguel Almeida, Miles Bugby, and Marshall Tutu all advancing into the 2^nd round. Tutu was up against Almeida in the 2^nd round and came through 6-4 6-2.

In a tough quarterfinal match, Tutu showed good form but was eventually defeated by Thomas Burn 7-5 1-6 6-3.

TEAMBATH MCTA Touring players Bugby and Willis, seeded 3 and 2 respectively, met in the semifinals. Willis won the 1^st set 6-4 but Bubgy fought back to take the 2^nd 6-3. The final set, with no breaks of serve, was taken to a tiebreak. Willis who seemed to be more relaxed throughout the match was able to secure the win with a 7-6(2) score in the final set.

The younger players also fared well and gained some good experience. Sebastian Rey lost in the last round of pre-qualifying and Toby Mitchell, David Fox, Sid Hazarika and Daniel Elston lost in the 2^nd round of qualifying. Samm Butler won through pre qualifying and qualifying, Scott Clayton and Steven Crawshaw came through qualifying but all eventually lost in the main draw.

In the Women’s draw Caroline Rosamond and Alicia Barnett were unlucky in the 1^st round losing to qualifier Sabrina Federici and teammate Sam Murray respectively. Stephanie Cornish made it into the semifinals by beating the no.5 seed Michela Ince and then encountered the no.1 seed Patrycja Sanduska from Poland. Too many unforced errors from Cornish saw her being knocked out with a 6-2 6-0 defeat.

In the final Murray was to face Sanduska, ranked 618 in the world. Both Murray and Sanduska, made a shaky start but Murray who capitalized on a culmination of errors from the Pole and won the 1^st set 6-4. With Murray trying to keep her cool Sanduska managed to break and then held to win the 2^nd 6-3. The final set looked to be tough but again a barrage of errors from Sanduska allowed Murray to take the set 6-0 and win the title.