Phillips Plays Doubles Semi-Finals In Cyprus
Daniel Phillips recently teamed up with his doubles partner Uwe Diehl from Germany in the Herodotou Tennis Academy Under 16 Tournament in Cyprus.
Phillips and Diehl took to the court for the doubles semi-finals as they squared off against the number one seeds Markus Giersiepen Garcia from Spain and David Alexandru Gheorghe from Romania.
Phillips met Garcia in the singles the day prior and was looking for a little payback, but it was not to be as Garcia and Gheorghe outlasted Phillips and Diehl in a three set battle.
Garcia and Gheorghe won the first set 6-4, but Phillips and Diehl leveled the match at 1-1 when they won the second set 7-6 to set up a third set tie-breaker.
Garcia and Gheorghe advanced to the final after winning the third set 10-4.
