After the disappointing loss in the qualifying at Bordeau, it was back into some solid training for Greg and a long wait to see it he gets into the Qualifying Tournament for the French Open. With Greg's two month injury lay-off he was unable to defend points earned last year and his ATP ranking has started to slip, so at the French Open entry cut-off date of 30th April his singles ranking at that date of 243 saw Greg at No.16 of the alternate list for qualifying. A long way-off from the qualifying draw.
However due to the awarding of wild cards to some of the French players in qualifying, coupled with other sundry withdrawals of injured players. or players not willing to travel to Paris to play qualifying, Greg has now progressed to be the No.1 alternate. With only one day left until the qualifying draw is done, let's prayer he is not left out in the cold and that there is another withdrawal (unfortunate as it is for that player) and Greg can take his place in the Roland Garros qualifying draw. 
Greg's insistence on travelling to Paris for the French Open qualifying was rewarded when, unfortunately for them, a couple of players withdrew on the day before qualifying commenced and Greg moved up on the cut-off list into the qualifying draw. A relieved Greg told us he is playing second match on tonight (Tuesday), with the first match starting at 10am Paris time, so it will be around 8pm in Sydney time that he will take to the courts, if the first match is a two set match.
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