Following in the footsteps of his younger brother's patch of form, Edward Bourchier took out the Tasmanian Easter Championships 6-3 6-1.
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After defeating his doubles partner, Launceston's Ruben McCormack, with an identical score on Monday morning, Bourchier's experience proved to be too much for 18-year-old New South Welshman Matthew Scheers.
"I felt pretty confident going into it, but knew I had to play well to do the job," Bourchier said.
"After a few early nerves and feeling like I wasn't hitting the ball as well as yesterday, I toughed out a few games and got on top."
The former Pennsylvania State University student broke Scheers' serve in the first game of the match and was able to remain calm as his younger opponent's frustrations grew.
The two then held serve continually through the set, with Scheers' powerful serve dictating his points but Bourchier broke in the final game to claim the first.
From there, it was all the Tasmanian, reeling off the first five games in the second set before Scheers held, forcing Bourchier to serve to win the Easter title.
Returning to Tasmania after touring Australia with the world No.409 and younger brother, Edward said his experience playing with Harry was one he will treasure.
"Having a brother to travel with and play the same tournaments with is awesome just to be there with him. I'm really happy and proud of him having won four tournaments in a row, including an Easter tournament in Mornington today."
After not being able to play much tennis in Tasmania over the past decade, Bourchier has enjoyed the opportunity given to him by the Easter classic to see the up-and-coming talent.
"It's nice to come back and see the other guys coming through," he said.
"Ruben, I played against him last year and he's improved a lot since then and Sam [Whitehead] always works hard as well so it's good to see them progressing."