Tampa, Florida was the venue for Greg's next tournament, a $10k Futures event. The top seed this week Greg's first round opponent, 24 year-old American Eric Quigley, had a chequered Collegiate tennis career, being Kentucky University All-American three times, ranked as high as 3 and reaching the NCAA final, losing to top him Steve Johnson. Quigley has risen quickly to his current ranking of 548 since completing his studies. A tough first round challenge for Greg.
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| American Eric Qiugley |
The second set was a closer battle and it was Greg who created the break-point opportunities, converting to get a vital break, then serving out the set 6-3, to notch up a solid win and advance to the second round.
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| American Mark Oljaca |
In the doubles Greg partnered with his hitting partner and good mate Dave Bidmeade, who is unranked in the ATP but plays Club Tennis in Australia. They were up against the pairing of 31year-old Romanian Catalin-Ionut Gard and 23 year-old American Mark Oljaca, ranked 918 and 1079 respectively in doubles. A relatively comfortable re-introduction for Dave back into Pro- tennis.
Dave shook off initial nerves and the Aussies produced some decent doubles tennis, getting up a break of serve in each set, to win the match 6-3, 6-4.
Greg will only play his second round singles match on Thursday but the Aussie pair will be back on court for the doubles tomorrow.
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