Americas in the Spring 2013 #13

The semi-finals of the doubles in Tallahassee had Greg and Peter facing up against another American pairing, 24 year-old rising star Reid Carleton, and 21 year-old college player Sekou Bangoura, respectively ranked 455 and 581 in singles, who received a walk-over past the No.2 seeds and then beat an unseeded pair to get to the semi-finals, so a winnable match.

Greg at the net in the semis

Greg held his first serve as did the Americans. Peter then saved two break-points before they forced Carlton to 15-40 to have three break point opportunities. Three good serves from Carleton denied Greg and Peter, to get the score to 2-2. Then it was Greg's turn to face break points and they responded well, saving three break points as well to maintain the status quo.



Sekou Bangoura

At 3-3 Peter then was forced to 15-40 but, like on Greg's serve, they again managed to salvage the situation and hold serve to lead 4-3.

Games then went with serve to 6-5. Greg and Peter applied the pressure on Carleton, serving, and Bangoura and brought up two set points at 30-40, breaking the Americans to win a very tight first set 7-5.

Reid Carleton

The second set, with Greg and Peter serving first, went to 2-1, then they forced Carleton to deuce and managed to win the sudden death point, to take a single break lead, 3-1 in the match. With the wind in their sails, Greg and Peter won their next serve to love, to consolidate the break at 4-1. They then forced Banguora to 0-40 and converted the opportunity to go a decisive double break up at 5-1. Peter stepped up and served out the set and the match, winning the second set 6-1 and the match 7-5, 6-1 to put them into the final.
Not a stellar performance in the first set but they showed their class in the second to shut-out the lesser ranked opponents and win.