Greg and partner Canadian Filip Peliwo had managed to get into the doubles Main Draw and got a favourable draw too, up against a wild card pairing of Zhouzang Qiu and Rikele Te, currently unranked in the ATP doubles as a pair.
Serving first Greg started confidently holding to love. The Chinese pair had the advantage of local condition knowledge, especially playing on altitude in the clay court surface, and held serve as well, getting to 3-3 before getting Peliwo to 0-40 and breaking Greg and Filip, to go a break up at 3-4. Greg and Filip responded and broke back immediately to level at 4-4. They then held and put the pressure on the Chinese to hold serve to stay in the set. The broke the Chinese pair for the second tie in succession to win the first set 6-4.
Serving first Filip was forced to 0-40 by managed to save three break points to get back to deuce, then win the deciding point to avoid being behind, Games went with serve to 3-2, Greg and Filip leading before they managed to break the Chinese pair, to lead 4-2, then serve for the match at 5-3. It was not routing though as the Chinese pair forced them to 30-40. They saved the break opportunity and then had both breakpoint and match point on the deciding point, fortunately winning the point o wrap-up the set 6-3 and the match 6-4, 6-3.
It was the first time that Greg and Filip had played together, so it was a good match for them to get used to each others game.
Serving first Greg started confidently holding to love. The Chinese pair had the advantage of local condition knowledge, especially playing on altitude in the clay court surface, and held serve as well, getting to 3-3 before getting Peliwo to 0-40 and breaking Greg and Filip, to go a break up at 3-4. Greg and Filip responded and broke back immediately to level at 4-4. They then held and put the pressure on the Chinese to hold serve to stay in the set. The broke the Chinese pair for the second tie in succession to win the first set 6-4.
Serving first Filip was forced to 0-40 by managed to save three break points to get back to deuce, then win the deciding point to avoid being behind, Games went with serve to 3-2, Greg and Filip leading before they managed to break the Chinese pair, to lead 4-2, then serve for the match at 5-3. It was not routing though as the Chinese pair forced them to 30-40. They saved the break opportunity and then had both breakpoint and match point on the deciding point, fortunately winning the point o wrap-up the set 6-3 and the match 6-4, 6-3.
It was the first time that Greg and Filip had played together, so it was a good match for them to get used to each others game.
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