Andy Bray did not allow the mantle of Bermuda and his No. 1 ranking to weigh too heavily on his shoulders on Saturday.

He not only defeated the second seeded American Mark Jacobson, but did it in straight sets, winning a back and forth match 6-3, 7-5 at the Coral Beach & Tennis Club to capture his second Men?s Open Singles title during the CBC Invitational championships.

In a no holds barred match, the action exploded from the opening game when Jacobson forced Bray, who elected to serve after winning the toss, into three unforced errors, then hit a crowd-pleasing sizzling forehand down the line for the opening break.

But if Jacobson had early visions of an upset, Bray quickly dispelled them in the second game when he returned the American?s break with one of his own, hitting a forehand to Jacobson?s backhand that sailed wide, then found the tape on a rocket of a backhand down the line, followed by a perfectly placed looping top spin lob that landed inside the baseline as Jacobson watched hopelessly.

Bray then closed the break to level the score at 1-1 with a running cross court forehand that left his opponent running the wrong way.

Both players appeared to be somewhat nervous during the tense early going, with neither able to hold serve during the first four games. At 2-2, that changed when Bray, gaining more confidence and composure, raced into the lead after being up 30-0 and 40-15, smashed a two-handed backhand at Jacobson?s body, forcing him to send the ball long.

When Bray then broke Jacobson for the third time to take a 4-2 lead, it looked as if the first set was all over.

But Jacobson mounted a comeback, fighting off three game points to break Bray to close the gap to 4-3, but that was to be his last taste of victory in the set because Bray settled down and using the full repertoire of strokes in his huge arsenal, ran off the next two games, breaking back after deuce then holding to take the first set in 38 minutes.

Jacobson fought back in the second set. After losing his serve at love in the first game, the Atlanta resident raced out to a 3-1 lead, breaking Bray twice. Just when he should have taken command, Bray applied pressure Jacobson?s play, and his forehand became erratic with five unforced errors being committed in losing his serve for the sixth time in the match after holding game point three times to move to 2-3.

Jacobson then moved up a break at 4-2 when pressure forced Bray to hit wide on a hurried stroke at the net, then ballooned a smash at the net and hit into the net when Jacobson had left the forehand court at Bray?s mercy only for him to hit long.

That should have been Jacobson?s cue to level the match at a set apiece, but someone forgot to tell Bray. He broke Jacobson to move to 3-4, held serve to level at 4-4 and moved into the lead when Jacobson had three double faults for the break and a 5-4 score.

Bray then blew his chance to serve for the match as Jacobson broke back at 5-5 only to lose his way with two unforced errors, one for the break at 30-40 to allow Bray to take a 6-5 lead.

Bray then raced to a 40-0 advantage when Jacobson tried to force the issue and committed consecutive errors that gave Bray three match points.

Jacobson was not allowed to recover when Bray cracked a backhand, cross-court whistler that left his opponent swinging in the wind to take the point, game, set and match 6-3, 7-5.

The Ladies Singles final was almost a ?family? affair where Leonie MacLoughlin defeated her doubles partner Elizabeth Hartley in straight sets 6-1, 6-1.

That was something of an anticlimax after they had stormed from 3-5 and 0-40 down to take the first set 7-5 then moved into cruise control to beat the American team of Ann Jacobs and Carolyn McCoy 6-3 in the second set.

Jacobs, however, did not leave Bermuda empty handed after she teamed with Stuart Smith to beat Bray and a severely injured Gill Butterfield 6-2, 6-1 to take the Mixed Doubles crown.

The injury, however, came after Butterfield and Sam Maybury had dethroned Janet Green and Earl Leader in the Century Mixed title match, winning 6-3, 6-1 with Maybury playing an outstanding match.

Despite losing one title, Leader was able to win two others, beating Brian Birch 6-1, 6-1 for the Men?s 55 Singles crown, then teaming with Patrick O?Kelly to out duel John Jacobson and Birch 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 to take the Men?s 55 Doubles title.

In the day?s other anticipated battle royal, brothers Michael and Brian Way saw off the challenge of Stuart Smith and Mark Cordeiro rather easily, taking the Men?s Doubles title 7-5, 6-4.

In consolation action, Carrol Reid picked up a piece of silverware when she defeated Kim Burns 6-3, 6-3 for the singles title, then McGrath and John Walker beat Allan Simmons and Robin Blackburne 7-6, 6-4 in the Men?s Doubles 55/65 event while Graham Boyle and Bill Achtmeyer took the Men?s Doubles Open crown with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Tim Petty and Phil Cooper.

It was then fitting that the `Godfather? of the two-week, double championship tournaments, Dick Mount, would play the final match by teaming with Christine McHarg to beat the husband and wife team of Tony and Karen Terrell 10-8 in the Century Mixed title game to win the final trophy.