After claiming his third domestic trophy of the season on Saturday, Andy Bray got straight onto the phone to his girlfriend: ?I think I am going to throw up.?

The heat of a Bermuda summer combined with persistent knee problems determined the Island number one?s style of play for his Argus Open final encounter with Jacob Trott, his lack of energy forcing him to rush to a 6-2, 6-0 victory to move three quarters of the way towards the domestic Grand Slam.

In the unbearable humidity that Bray ? even after three years of winning tournaments here ? still struggles with, the normally powerful player was forced to add even more ferocity to his game, hitting winners from everywhere in a blitzkreig performance that left Trott struggling for answers.

Most of his big shots found the lines and on that sort of form, there is not a player in Bermuda who can even push him close.

?To be honest, the only way I was going to win was to get off that court as quickly as I could,? said Bray, who made seven changes of shirt on a finals day that also saw him grab the men?s doubles crown to go with his mixed win on Friday night.

?It was just so hot. I definitely changed the way I normally play, I went for a lot more and I made a lot of them. I can?t remember the last time I hit that many winners in a game.

?I also had to leave a few that I might normally go for ? my usual tactic of playing like a headless chicken wasn?t going to work in these conditions.?

Bray ? who only lost six points on serve in the 54-minute final ? broke Trott to love in the opener and and was 4-0 up within 20 minutes, giving his opponent no time to get into the sort of rhythm that allowed the Bermudian to take him close in the Island Construction final.

The second set, over in 23 minutes, was just a formality as Bray, who turns 30 today, produced winners from everywhere ? including an incredible backhand stop volley when it looked like Trott had passed him ? in a Federer-esque display of dominance.

Although Trott has quickly risen to the top of the contender pile, it is hard to see where Bray?s next singles defeat is coming from ? it would take a brave man to bet against the elusive Grand Slam being achieved in the Southampton Grand Prix in the domestic season finale.

Ashley Brooks, also claiming her third crown of the summer, is odds-on to complete a Grand Slam after a comfortable 6-2, 6-4 singles victory over Sasha Fisher, who the previous night had combined with Bray to take the mixed crown over her and Trott.

Brooks, off to Southern University later in the summer on a tennis scholarship, just had too much for Fisher in another dominant performance that firmly established her as the queen of Bermuda tennis.

The result never looked in doubt and the match was actually won despite Brooks breaking a string three shots before the end of the decisive point.

?It?s nice to win three and I am going to make every effort to come back for the Southampton tournament because I am not normally here and it would be great to get all four,? said Brooks, who had claimed the ladies? doubles title with Lavern Stowe on Thursday night.

?I?ve never done the Grand Slam because I have never been here so I am going to do everything I can to get back.?

Brooks? commitment to tennis is a far cry from that shown by other female players this season, with the draws for tournaments never exceeding eight players and Brooks rarely pushed by any opponent until the final itself.

?It is a shame,? she continued. ?There are some really good players here and it would be nice to have them to play against in the events. It?s disappointing to see the size of the draws but there are a lot of players coming through the junior ranks, so I think over the next five years the situation should really improve and it is going to be a lot harder for me to win because there will be so much competition.?

In other finals on Saturday, Bray completed his first hat-trick ? he has never played mixed before ? combining with Dave Jenkins to take on Roger Marshall and Belgian newcomer Philip Vandoninck.

Marshall, who has lost in all nine doubles finals he has played against Bray, and his partner pushed the top seeds hard but in a little over an hour of tennis ? for which Jenkins? parents had flown in from the UK ? the favourites triumphed 6-3, 6-2.

The senior men?s doubles were won by Nick Frost and Arrigo Merlo while the senior singles was won 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 by Earl Leader over Sam Maybury, who rather ironically received a code violation for swearing in the final set from chair umpire Mike Musson, himself disqualified from the tournament just eight days before for abusing the tournament referee.

The Minute Maid Junior Tennis Championships begins today at the WER Joell Tennis Stadium.

Juniors around the Island will be hitting the courts across various age groups ranging from under-10 to under-18 between now and Friday.

Participants will receive points towards their overall rankings and an opportunity to showcase their talents in both singles and doubles.