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Serving out for the title at 5-4, the Frenchman showed no sign of tension as he hit an ace out wide to set up championship point before sealing victory.

Maye could not reproduce his heroics in overtime, though, with an interception sealing a welcome second win of the season for the Titans.

It was the fitting end to a fitting clincher, with a once-doubted piece of the roster sealing a once-unlikely World Series title.

Allen took a 3-1 lead but was pegged back to 3-3 by the Englishman before finally sealing victory in a drawn-out final frame.

She overcame that pressure, breaking her 27-year-old opponent a total of four times in a second set that lasted 71 minutes, eventually sealing the win in just under two hours.