James Collieson, the Island?s number one tennis player, cemented that position at the Coral Beach Tennis Club on Saturday when he came through with a surprisingly easy 6-3, 6-1 victory over second seed Andy Bray.

Bray advanced to the final following an epic victory over third seed Michael Way on Friday, but just didn?t have what was required to upset Collieson, something he had on his mind since the summer when the two met in a final and Collieson came out on top then as well. The difference was at that point Bray was the top guy on the local scene.

When the players were warming up, the crowd were settling down to what was expected to be a long, hot afternoon between two supremely conditioned athletes, who were also excellent tennis players.

But if Bray had his sights set on an upset, and the crowd were preparing to watch one, Collieson was not tuned in to `that? station and quickly dis-spelled that notion when he quickly jumped into the lead.

While Bray was hanging in during the early going, Collieson was peppering him with shots to all parts of the court and just when Bray got his rhythm Collieson slowed the pace down.

This forced the second seed to use additional energy and the harder he stroked the ball, the slower Collieson would return. This not only frustrated Bray, but forced him to push harder, and the harder he pushed the more errors he committed.

The champ waited like a cat to pounce and all of his shots were working all afternoon. The backhand down the line kept Bray off balance and when he found the range with his powerful forehand, Collieson switched to his backhand.

After the first break there was no stopping Collieson and while Bray tried to make a match of it, his game just wasn?t there.

The first set lasted 38 minutes and while the crowd was treated to some exhilarating tennis, Bray was not making any headway and he showed his frustration by trying to power shots past Collieson when a softer touch may have proved successful.

It just wasn?t his day because once the crowd had been treated to some outstanding tennis in the first set, everything was in place for a higher standard in the second.

This wasn?t to be as Collieson opened with a break, rifling a forehand down the line, then hit a backhand down the forehand line catching Bray heading in the wrong direction. Collieson closed out the break with a backhand half volley followed with a forehand drop shot.

Bray was broken twice more as Collieson closed out the set in less than 20 minutes to claim his second title over his second ranked partner in as many outings and will continue to have bragging rights around the Island?s tennis fraternity.

The loser didn?t leave the stadium empty handed, however, because he teamed up with Collieson to win the Men?s Doubles title with a straight sets 6-2, 6-1 victory over Michael Way and Mike Curry.

This was after Curry had defeated top seed Earl Leader 6-4, 6-2 to win the Men?s 45 Singles crown.

In Consolation action, two players turned things around.

Tracey Berrell and Eugene Simmons pulled off an upset by defeating Carrol Reid and Brent Smith 6-4, 6-3 in the Mixed Doubles final before each picked up singles victories. Simmons defeated John Johnson for the first time, winning 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 and Berrell defeated Carrol Reid in a come-from-behind effort, winning 2-6, 7-5, 6-0.

In the Ladies? final Kelly Holland fought off four match points on the way to completing a marathon three-set victory over Anne Tucker, winning the two-and-a-half hour battle 6-4, 2-6, 11-9.

Twice Holland fought off match points when the score was 6-5 and 7-6. It was at this juncture that both players became tentative with neither able to hold serve from the eighth game.

Holland held then to level the score at 8-8, broke Tucker to take a 9-8 lead and was unable to take advantage because Tucker broke back to go up 9-8, but was unable to close it out when she again lost her serve. At 30-30, Holland hit what was normally is an easy forehand winner for her long and the next effort she hit a forehand wide and the score was level again at 9-9.

While Holland was having her troubles with her forehand, Tucker, looking for a historic victory over the Island?s top-ranked Ladies player, was unable to take advantage, herself all too often tentative when well positioned for the killer point.

On more than one occasion Tucker would run around her backhand and while well out of position, either hit the ball wide across court and hit too soft and the ball never carried over the net. This was her downfall in the all important 20th game, one of the longest finals in the history of the CBC tournament.

Holland was grateful for a Tucker mis-hit for a 15-0 lead. Then she hit a forehand into the net to level at 15-15. She went up 30-15 with a backhand crosscourt winner and then had two match points of her own when Tucker mishit an easy forehand that went wide, but Holland over hit an easy forehand return to make it 40-30. She clinched victory, however, when Tucker was a bit too soft with her forehand return from deep and Holland had clinched her second title.

On Friday she teamed with Reto Krauer to take the Open Mixed Doubles crown. Holland then completed her hat-trick of victories on Saturday when she teamed with American Kathy Stuhler to score a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 over the all Bermuda team of Heidi Boyle and Victoria Powell.

The victory also broke the string of defeats suffered by Stuhler who lost in two finals on Friday.