Feb 5, 2013

Oz Summer 2012-13 #14

 The Australian Pro-circuit moved to Westlakes, Adelaide for the second Challenger tournament of 2013. Greg, partnered again with James Duckworth, who was at school with Greg. albeit a few years younger, was scheduled for doubles on the first day.
Greg and James in action
Their opponents were Italians 22 year-old Alessandro Giannessi, who Greg had played in the singles in Burnie, and 25 year-old Andrea Arnaboldi.
The Aussies served first and, after both teams held serve for the first few games, were first to break serve. They held serve and then forced the Italians to save more break-points. Greg and James were unable to break again and saved a break point thewselves vefore serving out the first set 6-3.
The winners shakes hand with Arnaboldi and Gianessi
In the second set both teams swopped breaks of serve in getting the score to 3-3. The Aussies were then able to break the Italians again and served out the second set 6-4, winning the match 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the second round.

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