After dispensing with last year's title holder of the Charlottesville Challenger in the first round of the singles Greg had the task of facing up against the other finalist from last year in the second round. In a quirk of the "draw" it was a rematch of the Commonwealth Games Gold Medal match against 25 year-old Indian Somdev Devvarman, the No. 2 seed, currently ranked 96.
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| Somdev in action in Delhi |
Played as the feature match in the evening, the match followed the same pattern as their previous encounter, with Devvarman winning the 1st set 6-3 and then repeating the score in the 2nd for a 6-3, 6-3 win over Greg.
Greg SMS'ed and said it was a very close match. He had played well but that he was "soooo unlucky". Have not spoken to him yet so not sure what that means, but he was obviously quite frustrated with the loss.
He will now travel to Knoxville, Tennessee for the next Challenger event.
Greg later said that he had missed quite a few opportunities he created by just missing long by mere millimetres. Good to hear that he was going for his shots.
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