Americas in the Spring 2013 #17

 

The Resident's Clubhouse at Eagle Landing

 Greg's second round opponent in the singles at Eagle Landing, Orange Park was another young American, 18 year-old Ronnie Schneider, a relative newcomer to the pro-circuit, currently ranked 1415.

Ronnie Schneider



Greg dominated the first set, breaking young Schneider three times to delivery a bagel, 6-0, score-line.

Greg took his foot off a bit in the second set and Schneider got into the match more, but was unable to make any inroads into Greg's serve. Greg again broke Schneider to take a stranglehold in the set, running out a 6-0, 6-3 winner, to advance to the quarter-final round of the singles.

Austrian Sebastian Bader

In the semi-final of the doubles, the No.1 seeded "Greg's" faced up against a Collegiate pairing of 25 year-old Austrian Sebastian Bader, ex Hawaii Pacific University, and 24 year-old American Erik Elliott, of the University of Sand Diego Tritons. Although both player's have low rankings in the doubles, they have not played a lot on the pro-tour but are well experienced in the doubles game and will be a test for the pro-tour team.

Erik Elliott

Both sets were keenly contested but it was the doubles experience of the College players which made the difference in the end. They snared the first set 6-4, with just a break of serve difference.
The Greg's played their way back into the second set and got the score to 5-5 in the second set. However, nerves and few errors combined to tip the score-line in favour of the Americans, who got the decisive break and won the second set 7-5, causing an upset over the No.1 seeds and proceeding to the final with a 6-4, 7-5 win.
Greg will not be happy with that result but at least he and Greg Ouellette can concentrate on the singles, with both players in the quarter-final round.