By BRENT STUBBS
Senior Sports Reporter
bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
KEVIN Major Jr, playing in his last tourney of the month in a series of “Battle of Boca” tournaments held every weekend, fell short in the final yesterday in Boca Raton, Florida.
Playing as the number four seed in the tournament that was extended from over the weekend because of the rain delay, Major Jr lost out to Blu Baker from Great Britain in set scores of 6-3, 6-1.
Although he played very well in the previous days of the tournament, Major Jr admitted that he didn’t have it when it counted the most in the final.
“This was the last tournament on the schedule I made for this month, so I really wanted to do well, but I was kind of playing on flames because I had a long week with all of the rain delays,” he said.
“This weekend, we also had a lot of rain delays so today, a match which would normally be about three hours, turned into about eight hours because of the delay.
“The guy I played against played at a really high level and I didn’t have enough energy.”
Despite losing in the final, Major Jr said he’s still pleased with his performance throughout the tournament.
He noted that he beat everybody, including the number two seed, to get to the final.
Major Jr said he will take the next three weeks off to go into the training lab and should be back in action in three weeks.
He noted that he’s not sure where he will commence play coming out of the training lab.
“I feel pretty close to where I need to be. This is the closest that I’ve come to the top so I’m just going to continue to listen to my team,” he pointed out. “Everything is there. I just need to play more.”
With this being one of his best seasons on the circuit, the 28-year-old Major Jr said he is learning pretty quickly about all that he needs to know to play at a higher level. “l believe that because I’m learning that the level I’m at, I got here with far less matches,” he said. “These guys have played much more than I have. “I’m starting to see things a little different now.”
Hopefully, by the time he gets ready to play in Davis Cup for the Bahamas, Major Jr said the Bahamian people will really get to see how much he has improved.
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