WINNING SMILE: Adam Feeney with his Hutchinson Builders Toowoomba International men’s singles trophy. Kevin Farmer WINNING the Hutchinson Builders Toowoomba International could keep tour veteran Adam Feeney going for a little while longer.
The 28-year-old New South Welshman hung in despite being down breaks in both sets to beat a frustrated Andrew Whittington 7-6 6-4 in yesterday's men's singles final at Toowoomba Regional Tennis Centre at USQ.
It was Feeney's sixth career singles win and one which comes at a time when the second seed is working his way back into form after a hamstring tendon injury sidelined him for four months.
Whittington made a good start to the final holding a 4-2 lead after an early break of serve. He was serving for the set when Feeney broke back to level the set at 5-5.
Feeney went on to win a tie-break to take the first set.
Big-serving Whittington came out firing in the second and ran away to a 4-1 lead.
Noise from an official presentation in the Toowoomba Regional Tennis Centre club house then broke Whittington's focus.
He protested with the chair umpire to have the presentation stop, or reduce in volume, and later received two violations for language on court after play and the presentation continued.
Feeney was able to claw back to 4-4 before he broke Whittington's serve to make it 5-4 and then held his own serve to take out the tournament.
The pair also met in the men's doubles final, with top seeds Whittington and Alex Bolt defeating second seeds Feeney and Gavin van Peperzeel 61 3-6 (10-7) in Friday's final.
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