The second round of the Futures tournament in Ipswich, Brisbane had Greg facing up against 23 year-old Japanese qualifier Kento Takeuchi, currently ranked 910. Greg was still experiencing pain in his leg leg shin whilst hitting, so was going to see how the leg progressed during the match.
Greg got off to a good start and had brerak-point opportunities in the first two of Takeuchi's service games, but was unable to convert, getting to 2-2 in score. Greg then decided that the pain in his leg, whilst bearable, was generally getting worse whilst playing. He decided then to be prudent and retired from the match.
He decided that there was too much to risk in exacebating th injury playing for minor points at that stage of the tournament. He thought he had enough game to win that match but then had to back up an hour later, due to the rain delay on Tuesday for his next, tougher match. That would make the injury worse and perhaps not be able to play a tough semi-final match on Saturday. As he has made the main draw of the Challenger tournament in Johannesburg in ten days he wanted to not worsen the injury and then be able to give himself sufficient time to repair and prepare for Challenger.
Greg was disappointed but thinks he is making the right decision, in what is his first "retired injured" in Senior tennis, if my memory served me correct. Takeuchi would have been delighted with the "win".
Greg got off to a good start and had brerak-point opportunities in the first two of Takeuchi's service games, but was unable to convert, getting to 2-2 in score. Greg then decided that the pain in his leg, whilst bearable, was generally getting worse whilst playing. He decided then to be prudent and retired from the match.
He decided that there was too much to risk in exacebating th injury playing for minor points at that stage of the tournament. He thought he had enough game to win that match but then had to back up an hour later, due to the rain delay on Tuesday for his next, tougher match. That would make the injury worse and perhaps not be able to play a tough semi-final match on Saturday. As he has made the main draw of the Challenger tournament in Johannesburg in ten days he wanted to not worsen the injury and then be able to give himself sufficient time to repair and prepare for Challenger.
Greg was disappointed but thinks he is making the right decision, in what is his first "retired injured" in Senior tennis, if my memory served me correct. Takeuchi would have been delighted with the "win".
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