Willie Boone in a virtuoso performance won a hat trick of titles at Queens on Sunday. This time it was not without a struggle as he dropped games in both the final, against David Makey, and the semi final, against Julian Snow. Snow who went onto a rackets court for the first time in nine years a week before the tournament was 7/3 ahead in the third and final game of his match, thanks to some very fine serving, cutting the ball fiercely but also hitting it with pace. He also retrieved superbly and had he been able to kill the ball more often in the rallies might well have triumphed.

Makey dominated the first game and a half of the final. Having put Boone out for no score he raced to an 11/0 lead, killing the ball at any opportunity and serving to a good length. One felt if he could have finished off the game quickly, Boone who was struggling to find his form, might not have got back into the match, which was only the best of three.

Boone however hit his stride in the middle of the second game and with Makey starting to make some unforced errors won that game and 15/111 and the next for the loss of only 5 points.