Grass Season - Nottingham Challenger - #2

Having beaten a seeded player in the first round of qualifying for the Nottingham Challenger Greg now faced an unseeded player, in the form of 19 year old Englishman Lloyd Glasspool. Currently ranked 1702, Glasspool, is in his sophomore year at Texas and does not play often on the Pro-circuit. He accounted for fellow Brit Dan Cox in the first round, so he knows his way around the grass and will be a dangerous, unknown opponent for Greg.


Nottingham Tennis Centre

Both players lost their serve once in getting to 5-5 all in the first set. Greg then applied the pressure on his less experienced opponent and broke Glasspool to take a decisive lead and win the 1st set 7-5.

The second set was decided by a single break of serve. Greg getting broken and then unable to peg back the deficit, Glasspool doing enough to hold his service games to win the set 6-4, to level the match at a set all. 

Teenager Lloyd Glasspool


The 3rd set was also keenly contested, but it was Greg who had the better of the games, forcing Glasspool to face five break points in the set, getting the break and taking the lead. Greg saved two break points against him, in getting to 5-3 up, and then served out the set 6-3, to win another close match 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
Not the best performance by Greg but he was holding his serve easier than his opponent, evidenced by the fact that he only had 89 serves in the match compared to his Glasspool's 112. Hopefully Greg has some more good tennis left in the tank for the final qualifying match tomorrow.