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Brown targets another good ATP week

BY ANDREW HANCEL Observer writer

Sunday, October 03, 2010



CHARISMATIC Jamaican tennis pro, Dustin Brown, will be looking to add to his rising stock as he has been entered into the main draw of both doubles and singles at the October 4-10 ATP Challenger in Belgium.

Brown, 25, jumped to a career-high 70 in doubles following the release of the latest ATP rankings last Monday.

The release also sees Brown remaining at 118th in singles, which the Jamaican hopes to improve by year-end.

His chances of ending the year in the top 100 in singles remains good, having done so in July when he achieved a lifetime best of 98th.

He enters this week's tournament as the 12th highest-ranked player and is seeded No 8 for the turnament with homeboy Xavier Malisse (56th) and Arnuad Clement (60th) of France listed as the top seeds.

But Brown will definitely be one of the form players vying for the Ethias Trophy in the Belgian city of Mons, having got to the second round of the US Open before losing to Briton Andy Murray.

However, of late, it is his form in doubles with Dutch partner Rogier Wessen that has seen the Jamaican catapult up the rankings.

Last Sunday, Brown and Wessen, ranked 69th in doubles, capped a dream ATP World Tour debut in the French city of Metz, as they came together to win the Open de Moselle finale.

The two were impressive, dropping just one set throughout the tournament, while dispatching the top-two seeds in the semi-finals and final en route to the title.

Wessen thinks the two are very dangerous when playing together and based on current form, could be a handful for any pair at the other end of the court.

"Dustin and I have opposite personalities, opposite games and I think we complement each other very well on the court. It's a pleasure to play with him and I look forward to continuing to play with him," Wessen said after their triumph in Metz.

Brown is on the same side of the draw with Clement and opens his singles account against Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut.

Within the last two years, the 6' 5" player nicknamed "Dreddy" because of his flowing dreadlocks, is one of the sports fastest-growing recognised players, with his rankings ascending over 400 places.



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