The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

FOR the second straight tournament this year, birthday boy Kevin Major Jr got to celebrate in a big way over the weekend as he got to hoist another championship trophy.

Coming off his first victory at the beginning of March, Kevin captured the SVB March Place Money Men’s Open on Sunday, one day after he celebrated his 28th birthday. He admitted that he couldn’t go overboard after the victory because he had practice on Monday.

“This one was good,” said Major Jr after he knocked off Barbados Davis Cupper Matthew Foster-Estwick in the final in straight set scores of 6-4, 7-6 (4).

“It was a pretty tough match. I think it gave a prelude to what could be expected in Davis Cup.

“I was happy to secure that victory. I’ve been working really hard and I’m ready to get back on the pro tour, so these matches are really helping me to get my confidence to the level that it needs to be so that I can get back to the level that I was in the past.”

After his victory on Sunday, Major Jr said it’s good to be back in great form after going through a difficult period in 2022 when he suffered s series of injuries. “I’m pretty extremely efficient and extremely aggressive. I apply a lot of pressure consistently, so once I continue to do those things, I’m very hard to beat,” Major Jr said.

Up next for Major Jr will be a tournament starting on April 6. After that, he intends to represent the Bahamas at the Davis Cup for once, once the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association selects him to the team.

While he will remain in Florida training and competing for the next three months, Major Jr said he hopes to get back to the level that he was before he got injured.

“I am very pleased with the way I am playing right now,” he said. “I am healthy and so I just hope that I can stay that way and I can get a chance to continue to play at a high level again. I’m looking forward to doing a lot of big things this year.”