Greg woke up a few
days after playing the doubles final with a head feeling like he was getting
flu or a cold, so he dosed up and hoped that he would be ok for the second of the
two Futures tournaments to be played in Mornington. He would have preferred a
Wednesday start, but it was not to be, second match on Tuesday scheduled for
him.
He again avoided a seed in the first round, this time up against a foreign player, 29 year-old Italian Matteo Marfia, currently ranked 767, with a high rank of 696 in June 2015. No doubt Marfia would be pretty handy on the "en tout cas" clay court surface.
Serving first Greg
did not get the best of starts, being broken in his first service game. He fought back and forced Marfia to face a break-point in the next game but could stop going a
quick 0-2 down. He responded and held serve, before breaking Marfia to level at
2-2, then holding serve to lead 3-2. Greg then maintained the pressure,
breaking Marfia again to go 5-3 up, then serving out the set 6-3.
The second set started better than the first for Greg. At 1-1 he broke Marfia and then proceeded to dominate the set, holding serve and then breaking Marfia again to lead 5-1. Marfia held serve to get to 5-2 but could not stop Greg from winning the set 6-2, and a one-sided match 6-3, 6-2.
A good match for Greg who, a bit underdone because of his cold, could ease into the match without being under too much pressure.
He was scheduled to play the doubles first round match later in the afternoon, again playing with Andrew Whittington.
He again avoided a seed in the first round, this time up against a foreign player, 29 year-old Italian Matteo Marfia, currently ranked 767, with a high rank of 696 in June 2015. No doubt Marfia would be pretty handy on the "en tout cas" clay court surface.
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| Italian Matteo Marfia |
The second set started better than the first for Greg. At 1-1 he broke Marfia and then proceeded to dominate the set, holding serve and then breaking Marfia again to lead 5-1. Marfia held serve to get to 5-2 but could not stop Greg from winning the set 6-2, and a one-sided match 6-3, 6-2.
A good match for Greg who, a bit underdone because of his cold, could ease into the match without being under too much pressure.
He was scheduled to play the doubles first round match later in the afternoon, again playing with Andrew Whittington.
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