Asia-America tour #6



Venue for the Tour Event

 Greg had a two week break away from tournament play and spent the time receiving coaching and training with ex-top ten USA player Todd Martin in Jacksonville, Florida. Greg said the coaching, training and advice received was excellent and he benefited greatly from the training block. Hopefully that can translate into a good improvement on the tournament court.
This week Greg is in Charlottesville, Virginia for a $75k Challenger tournament. He was scheduled to play his 1st round doubles match first, partnering with good friend, 26 year-old Canadian Pierre Ludovic-Duclos. They were up against a wild-card pairing of Treat Conrad Huey from the Philippines and Englishman Dominic Inglot. Resident in Charlottsville, Huey is currently at a ranking high in doubles of 58, so will be keen to win and will be confident.

Treat Conrad Huey

In a close first set it was some double faults which proved to be Greg and Duclos' undoing, with Duclos serving two double faults in the 3rd game to gift a break to their opponents to go 1-2 down. Whilst Greg chipped in with a double fault of his own at set-point down at 3-5, 30-40 to hand the set 3-6 to Huey and Inglot.

The second set was also a close affair, with most games getting to 30-30 but Greg and Duclos were unable to get the break through, both sides holding serves to go to the tie-break at 6-6. In the tie-break the pressure again told and at 2-3 Duclos double-faulted to give the advantage to Huey/Inglot, which they did not relinquish, winning the tie-break 7-3 and the match 6-3, 7-6.
Greg plays his first round singles match on Tuesday evening.