It was a hop, skip and jump across Florida for Greg to Orange Park, the venue for his next tournament. It was back to the Futures for Greg, with no Challenger tournaments in the USA until after Wimbledon, and his ranking being too low to gain entry into the French Open qualifying, he has opted to stay in the USA and play a couple of low-level Futures tournaments, to hopefully get a few wins under his belt and gain a few points, no guarantee though. In addition, coach Todd Martin is going to watch Greg in action, which will help in his coaching of Greg.
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| Partner Greg Ouellette |
Not due to play his singles match until Wednesday, Greg and partner Greg Oulette, a good friend of Greg's from Florida, were scheduled to play their doubles match first. Seeded No.1 for this tournament, the pressure will be on them to perform to their potential, up against a Mexican pairing of 28 year-old Daniel Garza, ranked 468 with a doubles ranking of 300, and young 15 year-old Angel Peredo, as yet not ranked, mixing the experienced with the raw talent.
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| Mexican Daniel Garza |
Playing on grey clay, the "Greg's" had the better of the first set, gaining a break of serve and then serving out the set to win the first set 6-3.
The second set was more closely contested, with games going to 5-5. The Mexican pairing then were able to apply pressure on the "Gregs" and broke the serve, going on to win the second set 7-5, to level the match at one set all and go into the unpredictable match tie-break 3rd set.
Greg and Oullette, faced with an ignomious first round exit, re-grouped, re-focused and rallied to fight back. They gained the ascendency and then held serve to have four match points at 9-5, converting on the 2nd opportunity to win the tie-break 10-6 and a nervous match 6-3, 5-7, 10-6.
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