SOPHIE Watts has made up for her disappointment of seven weeks ago at Ilkley Lawn Tennis & Squash Club.

The 20-year-old from Letchworth signed up in mid-June for qualifying in the Aegon Ilkley Trophy but failed to get in.

However, the seventh seed triumphed on Saturday in the Aegon British Tour finals at the same venue, defeating West Yorkshire teenager Holly Horsfall 7-5, 6-4 in the women's singles final.

The Fresno State University student therefore added Ilkley 2015 to her 2014 British Tour triumph at Nottingham in what was her last tournament of the summer before returning to California.

"My serve won it for me and it meant I was able to attack her serve," said Sophie, whose twin sister Anneka is also at Fresno State.

Fifth seed Horsfall, who lives in Hepworth, near Holmfirth, and plays at Thongsbridge, where she is coached by former Ilkley member Nick Fitzpatrick and Tom Sanders, said: "I felt a bit nervous to start with on my backhand.

"Sophie spotted that and hit to it a lot but that meant that I got it grooved.

"My serve has been powerful all week but maybe I didn't get a high enough percentage of first serves in in the final."

Watts, who plays her county tennis for Cambridgeshire, led 3-0 in the first set but Horsfall had two points on her own serve for a 6-5 lead as she bid for a Yorkshire success on Yorkshire Day.

The decisive break in the second set came at 2-2, Watts finishing the match off with an ace down the middle.

The men's final was an all-Sunderland battle between a pupil and a member of his coaching team, with 31-year-old Adam Barratclough defeating 17-year-old qualifier Daniel Bennett 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in 1hr 54min, which was two minutes longer than the women's singles final, where the opening set alone took 66 minutes.

It was a victory for perseverance for Barratclough, who had lost his previous three British Tour finals at Ilkley, including in 2013 to Kyle Brassington.

A throwback to a seemingly bygone era with his serve and volley and chip-and-charge approach, the likeable Barratclough, who has been coming to the tournament for 20 years, said: "This is my Wimbledon.

"I beat Daniel two years ago on the grass in three sets but the weather meant that didn't happen for us this time."

Bennett, who had to win six matches merely to reach the final and was playing his first tournament for four months after injuring ligaments in the wrist of his racket hand, said: "I had no expectations coming into the tournament.

"But the longer it went on my hopes built, although I didn't expect to beat Clay Crawford (holder) in the semi-finals."

Barratclough, who is a hitting partner of Bennett's, added: "Daniel has what it takes to be among the top five juniors in Britain."

For the first time ever at Ilkley, no play was possible on the grass courts for any British Tour matches.