he's got all the answers early on well I'm not sure he could play a much better set in big final lovely still with all the answers the American a game away from the biggest title of his career big [Applause] moment oh what a dramatic game this is turning into all of a sudden it's been fairly straightforward oh absolutely sensational it's an important point to win get to the oh he's made it there another dramatic exchange I think we heard heard a phone at the start of the point Didn't we was all happening ball serving 98 it is the biggest title of Tommy Paul's career his first on grass a first ATP 500 Trophy and the first American champion here since 20104 men's singles Champion Tommy Pole [Applause] [Applause] Paul your name is going to be on there and you will join American greats like John mackenro Pete SAS Jimmy Connors you're a great historian of the sport how much does that mean to you yeah I mean everything uh going through the hallways in here the locker room the names that are on the wall it's unbelievable so it was my goal always to uh put my name next to them uh Brad is the one who actually turned me into a little bit of a tennis historian so uh thank you Brad and thank you to my whole team I mean Paige came out last night so thank you for coming out SE grabbing a shirt for me cuz I only came out here with one shirt um I want to congratulate Lorenzo on a good week he's been playing Amazing tennis you guys have really been playing some awesome awesome tennis so I'm happy to get the today but uh I'm happy to share the court with you he made it very very tough for you to close out the match how nervy was that too nervy uh yeah I I definitely wanted to hold serve there 5'4 and then that breaker got crazy he started picking up momentum and it definitely got tricky but uh I'm really happy to get the win today Tommy just finally how much confidence does this give you as you now head off a little further south than London to Wimbledon yeah I mean this is definitely the perfect way to go to Wimbledon so thank you all you guys for coming out and watching thanks to the LTA for making everything happen Jamie Murray thank you so much and the ball kids always and officials so thank you guys so much for a wonderful event thank you your 2024 since championships men's singles Champion Tommy Paul [Applause]