Day 2 of the Challenger Tournament in Burnie, Tasmania and Greg was playing in the 1st round of the doubles, partnered by 20 year-old Kiwi Daniell Marcus. They were up against fellow Australian’s Dayne Kelly and Jarryd Maher, both from Melbourne. On paper and ranking Greg and Marcus were the favourites.
In a match with sudden death deuces and a match tie-break 3rd set if required Greg said it was a totally frustrating match.
Greg and Marcus dominated the 1st set, not giving up one deuce (sudden death point) on their serve and breaking their opponents twice to win the 1st set 6-2.
The 2nd set was much the same, with Greg & Marcus again holding serve easily. They had multiple opportunities to break their opponent’s serve but on each occasion they did not win the sudden death point, their opponents getting the game, and scores went to 4-5 with Greg serving. In the only time of the match Greg and Marcus faced a sudden death point, which also happened to be set-point, and lost it when Kelly just teed-off on Greg’s serve and the ball went in. Set to Kelly & Maher 6-4.
The match tie-break set ensued (1st to 10 points by a margin of 2). Points went on serve with serve to 1-2, Marcus left a ball which fell in and then missed an easy overhead in the net and suddenly they were down 1-4. They rallied but Kelly & Maher had the momentum and served superbly to not let Greg and Marcus back into the tie-break. Kelly and Maher broke again, to eventually run out winners of the tie-break 10-3, and the match 2-6, 6-4, (10-3).
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