Recommended Items Watson: 'Finals have to be won, they are never given to you' The Guernsey girl, who left home at the age of 12 to realise her hopes of becoming a professional tennis player, believes that her maiden WTA title in Osaka is just the beginning... As you would only expect, the 48 hours following Heather Watson's first WTA tour title were fairly frenetic ones. It wasn't quite of the level of Andy Murray's post US Open door-stepping of the major tv networks, photo shoots and British consulate receptions, but the reaction afforded to her achievement, the first British woman to win a WTA title in 24 years, further confirmed the bubbly Brit's burgeoning potential. "It's been pretty hectic to be honest," Watson told an audience of the British press on her return to the UK. "I played the final, which was longer than I'd hoped, then I had an hour to get ready for the doubles final, I didn't help, I didn't have much legs left. Then a celebratory dinner, had a bit of champagne, I don't really like champagne but had it anyway, then I flew the next morning." "I've always believed in myself, I know I can win WTAs, but I've had opportunities to and not taken them and not believed enough in myself," she said. "Now that I've done it I have the belief, I can do it, it's definitely given me more confidence and I'm really looking forward to next year." The Osaka final