In the second round of qualifying in Binghamton Greg was up against the No.6 seed, 20 year-old College player Cameron Norrie from Great Britain. Ranked 422, South African born Norrie is having a stellar year, attending and playing for the Texas Christian University, reaching the last four in the NCAA Division 1 singles, and winning three Futures tournaments this year, so far, two of them in the past month in back-to-back tournaments. So very much in-form and full of confidence. It will be a stern test for Greg, on his stop-start come back to the Pro Circuit.
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| TCU player Cameron Norrie |
The first set was a close affair, both players managing to break the other once each in the set, games going all the way to the tie-break. It was Norrie who got the early advantage with a decisive break. Greg was unable to break back, Norrie winning the tie-break 7-4 to pouch the first set.
The second set followed the first and again, after swopping a single break serve each, the set reached the tie-break at 6-6. Unfortunately it was again Norrie, perhaps with more confidence following 11 straight match wins, who got the lead in the tie-break and carried on to win the breaker 6-3 and a close match 7-6, 7-6.
Not the match result Greg was striving for but one from which he can take some confidence, given how close he had come to winning. He said that a few missed opportunities in both tie-breaks was the essential difference in the match. He had played well and his body had shown no signs of any problems, which is a positive.
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