BASINGSTOKE tennis ace Josh Goodall bounced back after the disappointments of Wimbledon by making both finals in the AEGON GB Pro-Series at Manchester.

The 26-year-old won the doubles crown along with his British partner, Marcus Willis, and then just lost out in the singles when beaten by Frenchman Albano Olivetti.

Goodall played doubles alongside James Ward at SW19, but lost in straight sets to the number eight seeds Aisam-Ul-Haq and Jean-Julian Rojer.

In Manchester it was a very different story as he teamed up with Slough’s Willis and the unseeded pair did not lose a single set on their way to the title.

In their opening game against fellow Brits George Coupland and Jamie Whiteford they got off to a perfect start taking the opening set 6-0 and then the second 6-3.

A quarter-final tie with another home pairing of David O’Leary and Joe Salisbury saw another comfortable victory 6-2, 6-2.

That set-up a semi-final game against the number four seeds Marvin Barker and Marcus Daniell from New Zealand ranked some 169 places above Goodall and Willis.

However, the home pair again cruised through winning the match 6-3, 6-4 to set up a final encounter with fellow Brits Tom Burns and Daniel Evans.

The opening set saw Goodall and Willis take it 6-2, but the second set was more of a battle going to a tie break which was won 7-3 to make sure of the title.

In the singles, the Basingstoke-born player lost four sets to Grega Zemlja at Wimbledon and got off to slow start in Manchester, coming back from a set down to beat New Zealander Daniell 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

The British number four then saw off Coupland 6-3, 7-5 and, after a close first set which saw fellow Brit Alexander Slabinsky broken in game 12, he was then blown him away as Goodall won 7-5, 6-0.

In the semi-final, the Basingstoke-born player produced another perfect set to beat Italian Enrico Iannuzzi 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.

The final saw Goodall up against Frenchman Albano Olivetti and, after a close first set in which the Brit gave up his serve in game 12, he then found his opponent too hot to handle as he went down 7-5, 6-1.

Afterwards Goodall said: “My aim is to get into the top 200 by the end of the year and after Wimbledon it is good to get back to winning matches.”

Last year at Wimbledon, Goodall and partner Chris Eaton were knocked out in the first round of the men’s doubles by Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau.

On Saturday night the same pair were beaten by Brit Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in five sets as Marray became the first British player to win the Wimbledon’s mens’s double title in 76 years.

Goodall said: “That is what inspires you to continue playing tennis. It was unbelievable and well done to Jon and Freddy.”

Goodall continues his season this week on the grass courts at Ilkley looking to add to his titles for the year.