Richey Reneberg revealed last night that the XL Capital Bermuda Open could be his last singles tournament in his long and illustrious career on the ATP Tour.

Reneberg was speaking exclusively to the The Royal Gazette after he came out on top in the match-up of two of the most successful doubles players in tennis, overcoming Todd Woodbridge 6-4, 6-2.

"There's a good chance this will be my last singles tournament,'' said Reneberg. "My wife is due with our second child in two weeks and I will probably skip the French Open and Wimbledon.

"I may play a few doubles events after that but I'm 34 now and I'm starting to think about what I'm going to do after tennis.'' Reneberg showed enough last night to suggest that he could be going out in a blaze of glory at Coral Beach. Australian Woodbridge, who teamed up with countryman Mark Woodforde in the most successful doubles team of the '90s, had no answer to the consistent serving and accurate returning of the American veteran.

It was the return of serve for which Reneberg is famous which gave him the early advantage as he broke Woodbridge in just the third game.

Both players showed off some of the skills which have brought them so much doubles success in the last rally of the eighth game, when the Australian battled back to break Reneberg and level the set at 4-4.

Reneberg followed up a deep approach shot, only for Woodbridge to reply with a masterful lob which dropped inches inside the baseline. Reneberg not only retrieved it but swivelled to hit a dipping crosscourt backhand which looked a winner, but Woodbridge streched behind him on his backhand side and scooped a half-volley into the open court to the delight of the crowd.

But Reneberg broke immediately and then served out the set 6-4.

The American carried on in similar fashion in the second set, taking full advantage of Woodbridge's struggle with his serving to break him in the first game and then held to take a 2-0 lead.

When Reneberg broke again in the fifth game to take a 4-1 lead, defeat looked inevitable for the `Woodie' and Reneberg served out to take the second set 6-2.

Earlier in the day, Frenchman Thierry Guardiola pulled off a hard-fought, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 victory over Argentina's Mariano Hood in a topsy-turvy match on court five. The first set was held up for nearly five minutes after Hood protested a call. A deep groundstroke by Guardiola had landed out but the umpire called a let because of a half-uttered call by a line judge earlier in the point.

In a lengthy exchange of words, Hood claimed the umpire was cheating him, asked whether he thought he was blind, demanded to see the ATP Tour supervisor before he would continue playing and even told the official to shut up.