tournament this week.

The unseeded 14-year-old has already claimed the scalp of number four seed Erwin Leader and today takes on Sean O'Connell in the second round at the Tennis Stadium.

Whitter, who eased past Leader 6-3, 6-1, said: "I wasn't really surprised I beat him, I know what I'm capable of.

"I could probably win this tournament as I've done pretty well against Eugene Simmons in the past and he's the number one seed.'' Whitter is also in the Men's A division at the Heineken Open and reckoned himself capable of reaching the quarter-finals, where he is likely to meet 19-year-old Davis Cup player Jensen Bascome.

Winning a tournament would be nothing new to Whitter -- in his short career he has already bagged 32 titles, most of them in the USA.

The Warwick Academy student spends his two months' summer vacation with his father George Jordan in Boston and has made a name for himself playing in junior tournaments in New England, where he is ranked 10.

This year, he won a junior tournament in Easton, Massachusetts, and in his last event last month, in North Andover in the same state, he came fifth in singles and won the doubles title with his American training partner Sam Bittiti.

Helped with the costs of travelling and training by a Government sports grant, Whitter hopes to progress enough to represent Bermuda on the world stage soon.

"I would like to play Davis Cup within the next three years and I have been encouraged by the Davis Cup team captain Steve Bean,'' added Whitter.

While on the Island, Whitter is coached by both Bean and Terry Smith.

The youngster's chief ambition is to play on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour and make the world's top 500 and to win the Bermuda Open, a tournament which has inspired him.

Whitter said his next tournament, the New England Sectionals, contested by the region's top 32 juniors and starting on July 21, was his most important of the year.