Lock, Lammons grab doubles title

TOP player in the International Tennis Federation Old Mutual Futures Series Benjamin Lock and his partner Nathaniel Lammons of the United States finished off their matches in style yesterday when they claimed the doubles title at Harare Sports Club.

The third tournament of the three events that have been running since June 12 ends today with the singles finals.

But the attention was on the doubles final yesterday with Lock and Lammons, seeded first, beating fourth seeds Baptiste Crepatte and Thomas Setodji from France 7-6(4), 6-2.

This was the pair’s second title from the three events after winning the first tournament in the opening week.

After a tie break, Lock and Lammons took control in the second set and had the upper hand throughout to emerge winners.

Lock, said it has been great winning a tournament every week, having first won the doubles in the first tournament.

He then won the singles in the second event and doubles again yesterday.

“It was great. If I look back on the whole three-week circuit I won a tournament every week and that’s amazing to do.

“So I am just really happy to finish off this way, playing my last match for a while here in Zimbabwe in front of friends and family.

“I thought we played really well in the second set and we have been playing well throughout these three weeks. We have only lost one set,” said Lock.

Lammons said it was great to win.

“It’s just like any title, it’s always great, me and Benji have great chemistry.

“I think today we didn’t start out as strong as we would have liked. We came out a little rusty and I was struggling on the return,” said Lammons.

Both Lock and Lammons bowed out of the singles in the quarter-finals on Thursday.