A little less than 90
minutes and Greg and Chris were back on court for their second round doubles
match, the third match of the day for a tired Chris. They were up against
the second seeded pairing of Aussie Jarryd Chaplin and New Zealander Ben Mclachlan. Both 24 years old, and from an American Collegiate tennis background, they have concentrated their efforts on the doubles stage and are both currently ranked just under 190, Ben having won six Futures doubles titles in 2016 and Jarryd having won twice. Greg and Jarryd have known each other since school days, having trained together at Homebush when juniors, and are still good friends. Greg and Chris will need to perform at their best, again in a stiff Bernie "breeze".
Both teams managed to save deciding deuce point in getting the score to 2-2, with Jarryd and Ben just shading their opponents in holding serve. Serving with the old balls in the seventh game, they forced Greg and Oaks to 0-40, and staring down four break-points in the sudden death format, Greg and Oaks were able to save the first two points but were unable to prevent the break, giving up a vital break of serve to trail 3-4. Jarryd and Ben quickly held for 3-5, and shut out their opponents again to hold again at 5-4 to win the set 6-4.
Jarryd and Ben were serving well, and they gave away little in getting the score to 3-3 in the second set. Again on the seventh serve Greg and Oaks came under pressure, giving up a break point opportunity which was seized by their opponents, who went ahead 4-3. They again held easily to lead 5-3 and this time they broke Greg and Oaks again the pouch the second set 6-3 and win the match in straight sets.
Greg was disappointed but said they had played well in difficult conditions, having backed up agaisnt a well established and fresher doubles pairing, with Oaks playing his third match of the day.
On to Launceston for weekend qualifying and next week's tournament.
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| NSW's Jarryd Chaplin |
Both teams managed to save deciding deuce point in getting the score to 2-2, with Jarryd and Ben just shading their opponents in holding serve. Serving with the old balls in the seventh game, they forced Greg and Oaks to 0-40, and staring down four break-points in the sudden death format, Greg and Oaks were able to save the first two points but were unable to prevent the break, giving up a vital break of serve to trail 3-4. Jarryd and Ben quickly held for 3-5, and shut out their opponents again to hold again at 5-4 to win the set 6-4.
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| Kiwi Ben Mclachlan |
Greg was disappointed but said they had played well in difficult conditions, having backed up agaisnt a well established and fresher doubles pairing, with Oaks playing his third match of the day.
On to Launceston for weekend qualifying and next week's tournament.
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