Move over Sammy Maybury, Michael Way and Ricky Mallory; step aside Zara DeSilva, Donna Bradshaw and Debbie Chang, a new tennis King and Queen was crowned during the finals of the Argus Open tennis tournament at the Tennis Stadium over the weekend.

Top seed Jenson Bascome, a 22-year-old with a cool head, fast afoot, good tennis savvy and a brilliant game, mesmerised the crowd on number one court when he came away with a stunning straight sets victory over the highly fancied Donald Evans 6-3, 6-3 to take the Men's singles crown. Bascome, a Davis Cup player like his opponent, stepped to the fore to claim his rightful place among the local tennis elite, and he did it with such surprising ease, taming the much vaunted 100mph serve of Evans, breaking him no less than five times during the course of their 90 minutes of action.

The action certainly did not start that way. In fact Bascome, showing early nerves, opened by committing two unforced errors and then doublefaulted on game point.

But he showed his mettle by storming back to break Evans in the third and fifth games for a 3-1 lead and coasted to victory in the first set in just 28 minutes. Bascome started the second set similar to the first when he was broken by Evans, but he broke back to get back on service, held for a 2-1 lead and broke Evans for the fifth time in the fourth game for a 3-1 lead.

This awakened Evans and he moved his game up a notch spraying winning strokes to all parts of the court as Bascome appeared to be losing his grip. First Evans held then broke Bascome to level the second set at 3-3.

The turning point came in the seventh game when Evans was called for a foot fault at deuce and when he was unable to convert two game points and lost to trail 3-4, it was all over.

It became more apparent when Bascome held at 30 leaving Evans to serve down 3-5 and trying to stay in the match. His service was blocked as he rushed the net and he was unable to lift it over the net.

He followed his next service to the net but watched as the ball passed him down the line.

When Evans volleyed wide to give Bascome three match points there was still anticipation. That is until Evans double faulted to give the latter game, set and match.

The biggest advantage for Bascome was that he was not in awe of Evans.

Bascome said he had "seen players like Evans and better in the Davis Cup and at the collegiate level" and he was "just another player."

"After watching him I know he is at his best when serving and rushing the net, so my strategy was to keep the ball at his feet or to move him from side to side, whatever it took to keep him away from the net," said Bascome.

He kept Evans off balance throughout the match drawing him to the net and them using the two-handed top spin to lob him or volleying winners.

"When serving if I could get a high percentage of my first serves in so he wouldn't have a chance of getting to the net against my second serve, I felt that I could win," he said.

Bascome had earlier claimed his first title of this tournament when he teamed with Ricky Mallory to defeat Earl and Denton Leader 6-3, 6-0.

Also claiming her rightful place among the elite was 14-year-old Ashley Brooks as she completely dominated the more experienced Tara Lambert, taking the Ladies A title in straight sets 7-6, (7-4), 6-0 in less than an hour.

Neither player played consistently and there were three service breaks apiece with Lambert in with the early chance when she broke Brooks to level the score at 5-5, and held her service for a 6-5 lead.

But Brooks held her nerve to tie the score at 6-6. However, when she gave up the mini-break in the tie-break Brooks took the lead and never looked back.

The second set was a surprising mismatch.

Brooks took advantage of Lambert's erratic play to jump to a 4-0 lead and closed out the match when she held and Lambert double faulted for the tenth time to give Brooks her first Senior A title. Last year she won her first senior B crown.

In an earlier final Lambert teamed with Mallory to take the Mixed crown with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over her mother Barbara and Eldon Daniels, but she defaulted to her mother and Laverne Stowe in the Ladies doubles semi-final.

Earl Leader took nearly two hours to win the Men's Senior title when he defeated top seed Martin Zolnai 6-2, 7-6, but lost the Men's Senior Doubles crown to Jerome Bradshaw and Eldon Daniels 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, while Yuko Girard won her first seniors title when she defeated young Morgan Lightbourne for the Ladies B title 6-1, 6-3.