Jordan Thompson has claimed consecutive titles after defeating fourth seed and former world No.43 Grega Zemlja in the final of the Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger.<\/p>\n
After taking the honours\u00a0in Ho Chi Minh, the top seed continued his impressive run of form on Sunday, dismantling the Slovenian 6-1 6-2 in just 65 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo win two titles in a row is really good,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cThey don\u2019t come too often, so I\u2019m pretty stoked with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
As an added bonus, the result sees his provisional world ranking push up to a career-high No.85, a goal his coach Des Tyson set for him earlier in the year.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Des) threw a number out there,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cIt\u2019s taken a while to get there but if it stays that way (when official rankings are released next week), that\u2019d be awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n
After losing his opening service game in the final, Thompson won six games in a row to take the first set before Zemlja regained some composure early in the second. However, Thompson was not to be denied, pulling away again to secure the victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a bit of a slow start for me in both sets,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cBut my error count was pretty low all day and I didn\u2019t really give him anything cheaply. I served well and got a fair few free points.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aside from needing to rally from a set down against Victorian Dayne Kelly in his second round, it was a polished performance from Thompson all week; his serve and forehand looking particularly threatening.<\/p>\n
Thompson will now move on to Canberra, where he\u2019s confident his body will stand up to the rigours of several weeks of consecutive match play and provide him with an opportunity to make it a triple treat.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe body\u2019s going well,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve had the odd niggle, but that\u2019s normal, and the last few days haven\u2019t been really long matches so that definitely helps.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Australian Luke Saville also enjoyed a resurgent week in Traralgon, defeating second seed Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan and John-Patrick Smith on his way to the semifinal, where he was eventually halted by Zemlja.<\/p>\n
The doubles final on Saturday was an all-Australian affair, with first seeds Matt Reid and Smith defeating the unseeded duo of Matthew Barton and Matthew Ebden 6-4 6-4.<\/p>\n
The title was the second at ATP Challenger level for Reid this month, after taking out Las Vegas with American partner Brian Baker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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