Matthew Leggett has drawn on hometown energy to win his maiden doubles title in his first Canberra Wheelchair Tennis Open final.
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Leggett and doubles partner Martyn Dunn defeated Danny Jeffery and Riley Dumsday 6-3 6-2 at Canberra Tennis Centre on Sunday, pushing his rank further inside the world's top-200.
The doubles partners were spurred on by Leggett's family and friends, who came to watch the Canberran reach his maiden final on the ITF circuit.
"It was really nice to look over and see some familiar faces clapping and cheering as we won that match," Leggett said.
"To be on the court with Marty, who is a really good mate of mine off the court, was an added bonus."
It comes after the Canberran lost the singles final 6-1 6-2 to Dunn, marking his first finals appearance on the singles draw.
The Canberran earned a ticket straight to the semi-final after receiving a first round bye and beat Danny Jeffrey to advance to the title decider.
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"It was a massive boost for me to have family and friends come out to watch the first final I've made in the singles event," Leggett said.
"Marty is playing some real quality tennis at the moment and got the best of me this time. We're good mates off the court and play a lot of doubles together."
Leggett was seeded for the first time at the event and is gaining momentum on the ITF circuit after starting his career just four years ago.
The Canberran will head to Sydney at the end of October to play his last event of the year and hopes to increase his ranking.
"The draw will probably be stronger in Sydney because there might be a few international players," Leggett said.
"There's a few players coming across to try and get some points leading into the Paralympics.
"I'll re-evaluate after Sydney and set some new goals for next year. Pushing towards the top-150 is the next goal on the list and trying to work up the rankings as far as I can over the next twelve months."
All Grand Slams now feature wheelchair tennis as both a singles and doubles tournament but Leggett said the major tournaments are out of his reach at this point of his career.
"My ranking would have to go higher than it is at the moment," Leggett said.
"The Grand Slam draws are quite small for the wheelchair events so it's a bit out of my reach.
"The more tournaments I play and the higher my ranking might tend to sway, hopefully it gets high enough to start playing some bigger events in the future."
Meanwhile Canada's Kirsten Sharp won the women's singles draw at the Canberra Open, with Hayley Slocombe coming in as runner-up.