Andrew Bray?s Grand Slam dreams were hanging in the balance last night after being told by a specialist that he has torn the tendon in his hamstring.

The Island?s undisputed number one is through to tomorrow?s Argus Open quarter-finals at the WER Joell Tennis Stadium, but was forced to dig deep in the latter stages of his third round match against Vaughn Burrows on Thursday night as the painful tear ? sustained playing indoor football ? seriously restricted his usual agility.

The accountant won the match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, but was limping more and more as the game wore on, while he admitted yesterday that he was still in considerable discomfort.

Bray is the current Island Construction Open and BLTA Open champion and needs to win both the Argus and the Southampton Grand Prix to become the first player to claim the elusive local Slam in years.

Bray?s withdrawal would prevent a potentially fascinating clash with Bermuda newcomer Philip Vandoninck from Belgium, who is said by some to be capable of giving the Englishman a decent run for his money.

?I played five-a-side football one lunchtime earlier in the week and I felt it a bit then ? and it?s got progressively worse,? he said.

?I?m obviously very angry and disappointed with getting injured at this stage of the game, but my physio has not told me that I definitely shouldn?t play, so I?ll probably turn up on the day and see if I can.

?I am definitely really keen to get out there though because I?ve been told there are quite a few friends coming down to support me so I?d hate to let them down. But we?ll have to wait and see.?

In other Argus results, meanwhile, Larry Samuels was kicking himself on Thursday evening after allowing Leslie Stowe to come back from the brink of defeat to snatch victory.

Samuels won the first set 6-3 and was 4-0 up in the second before letting Stowe to win six straight games to claim the second and ultimately take the match into a 10-game pro-set decider which Stowe won 10-7.

?I could tell that he really thought that he had won the match after coming from four-nil down to 4-all?, said Stowe.

?And I refused to give in and once I broke him and held to level the match at a set each, he sort of got down on himself and I just tried to keep the pressure on and it paid off.?

Bray?s doubles partner David Jenkins had a surprisingly easy win over John Johnston, winning 6-2, 6-2 while on court three, Ben Lau beat Brian Birch 6-4, 6-4 and Paul York defeated Peter Havlicek 6-1, 6-0.

In Ladies play, meanwhile, Michelle Held upended Shade Subair 6-3, 6-1 while Sarah Cook surprised Zina Edwards 6-3, 6-2.

In doubles action, Sam Maybury and Lavern Stowe opened their account in the mixed doubles division with a straight sets victory over James Keyes and Kim Burns, winning 6-1, 6-2.

Samitha Ranaweera and Jacob Trott took no mercy on George Skater and Anthony Butterfield on the way to a 6-0, 6-1 victory while the favoured pair of Roger Marshall and Philip Vandoninck encountered surprising resistance from Arrigo Merlo and Nick Frost before moving into the next round with a 6-3, 7-5 victory.