Scotland’s Jacob Fearnley is about to interrupt into the highest 100 of the lads’s singles world rankings after successful his fourth title of the yr on the Challenger Tour.
The 23-year-old from Edinburgh beat Frenchman Harold Mayot, who had gone into the event one place above in a hundred and twenty fifth on the earth, 6-3 7-6 to win the Orleans Open.
Having taken the primary set, the Scot then gained a second-set tie-break 7-5.
Fearnley not too long ago graduated from Texas Christian College and impressed at Wimbledon this summer time, taking a set off seven-time winner Novak Djokovic within the second spherical earlier than dropping 6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5.
Having began the yr exterior the world’s prime 600, he has since additionally gained titles in Nottingham, Lincoln (USA) and Rennes and might be ranked 98th on the earth when the rankings are up to date on Monday.