The second round of the doubles at Binghamton saw the Gregs (Jones and Ouellette) face up against a tough USA combination, the No. 3 seeds Tennys Sandgren and Rhyne Williams, both of whom were very good juniors and are now carving their way up the singles rankings.
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| Rhyne Williams |
The Americans were on fire in the first set, serving at 70% and returning well, forcing the Gregs to play a lot of shots and face a lot of break-points. The Gregs saved four of those points and then managed to bring up their only break point of the set against Sandgren and Williams and converted that point, but it was to break back to level the score, after losing their own serve on the fifth break point against them. It was the Americans who then converted again to win the set 6-4.
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| Tennys Sandgren |
The second set was again a tense affair, both pairings facing or having 3 break points opportunities. It was again the Americans who served the better and were able to save the break points against them, at the same time converting their opportunities to go to a 5-2 lead. Another break of serve saw them win the set 6-2 and the match 6-4, 6-2.
Greg said it was a match they had hoped to win but the USA pair had served and returned better on the day and deserved the win.
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