Greg's second round opponent in the Champaign Challenger was the No. 6 seed, 27 year-old American Alex Bogomolov, currently ranked 201, with a high rank of 97. A solid baseliner with a good return he will trouble the big serving Jonesie, even on the slick indor courts.The 1st set was dominated by the server, with neither player giving up a game on serve, games going to the tie-break at 6-6. In the tie-break Greg said it came down to one bad volley which made the difference, with Greg going down a mini-break as a result and losing the tie-break 7-3. Ist set to Bogomolov 7-6.
The 2nd set was quite similar but Bogomolov was able to break on one of Greg's service games and served out the set 6-3, to win the match 7-6(3), 6-3.
Greg said he had played well but Bogomolov was in good form. Bogomolov went on to win the tournament.
That ends Greg's tour of the USA this year and he will head for home via a tournament in Toyota, Japan next week. He has had a mixed year in the USA, with some good tournaments and some excellent play which resulted in some very close matches which have largely seen Greg unrewarded for his efforts. His time will come as long as he sticks to his training regime and continues to improve his game.
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