From Gwanju, Korea it was off to Nanjing in China for the next Challenger tournament. This time the court surface was to be clay, not Greg's favourite surface but he made sure that he would get some decent time on the courts in Nanjing by travelling there early. After a couple of days hard training Greg was eager to go, but all the first round matches was delayed by persistent rain on Saturday, so were to be played earlier on Sunday, followed by the second round match later the same day. Not an ideal situation but it would hopefully be the same for all the players.
He did not have the best of draws, having drawn the number 5 seed when the draw was littered with unranked Chinese players, as not many ranked foreign players travelled to China to contest the qualifying. The No. 5 seed was 30 year-old Italian Riccardo Ghedin, currently ranked 508, with a high rank of 222, who would be adept on the clay court surface. A tricky but winnable match for Greg if he plays well.
It was not to be, Greg reporting that this morning he had begun suffering dire signs of Asian belly and was feeling nauseous and not too well. He dosed up and took to court, but after winning just 3 points in his first two service games, Greg was forced to retire from the match at 0-3 down.
Not the best of luck for Greg. Hopefully he can recover soon. The only positive is that he is not injured.
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| Italian Riccardo Ghedin |
It was not to be, Greg reporting that this morning he had begun suffering dire signs of Asian belly and was feeling nauseous and not too well. He dosed up and took to court, but after winning just 3 points in his first two service games, Greg was forced to retire from the match at 0-3 down.
Not the best of luck for Greg. Hopefully he can recover soon. The only positive is that he is not injured.
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