Centre Court Monte Carlo

Colin and Ross have withdrawn from the Monte Carlo ATP1000 after Colin suffered a stress fracture in his left tibia.

Colin is in a race to get fit for the French Open, but will be certainly be fit for the grass court season.  Colin, ranked 25th in the world in doubles, said on Twitter: “Bad news folks. The injury is a stress fracture in my left tibia bone. I’ve withdrawn from the tournament here with an injury”.

Colin and Ross in Davis Cup Action

Great Britain put in a battling display against a strong Belgian team but came up short, handing Leon Smith his first defeat as Captain.  After the first day both Dan Evans and Josh Goodall got off to good starts taking the opening sets, but the Belgians Rochus and Darcis proved too strong over the course of the match and came through both singles in 4 sets.

This left it up to Colin and Ross to keep the tie alive on the Saturday.  The British pair faced  Ruben Bemelmans and David Goffin, an upcoming young Belgian pair.  After losing the first set Colin and Ross came back to win 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 .

The British pair, who are currently ranked 10th in the ATP Team Rankings, produced a spirited display and had to recover from a set down against their less experienced doubles opponents to win in a match lasting over three hours.

After the match Fleming spoke highly of the Belgian pair; “They were playing very well and we did not find our feet very quickly.”

Also speaking after the match, Captain Leon Smith praised Colin and Ross on their efforts; “They are brilliant to have on the team and they are the most fantastic guys to be around. As players they have so much more to come and this team will just grow and grow.”

On the Sunday the Belgians continued their dominance at singles winning the remaining singles to win the match 4-1.

GB Davis Cup Team

Colin has spent the week training at Braehead, Glasgow ahead of their vital match against Belgium.  The singles kicks off on Friday with Josh Goodall and Dan Evans in action for GB.  The singels players for Belgium are Steve Darcis and Oliver Rochus.

Colin and Ross face Ruben Bemelmans and David Goffin in the doubles rubber at 1300 BST on Saturday.

Colin and Ross in 1st Round action

Colin and Ross arrived early in Miami and got a solids week training in before the start of the Sony Ericsson Miami Open.  This is only their second ATP1000 together.  In the first round they have drawn Mardy Fish and Mark Knowles.

The British pair served well throughout the match winning 81% of points on their first serve, and saving all 4 break points they had against them.  The first set the British pair managed to convert two break points, winning it comfortably 6-1.  The second set was a tighter affair  and there were no breaks.  In the tie break Colin and Ross managed to string together some solid points to win in 7-5, sending them through to the 2nd round.

Colin and Ross then faced Paes and Stepanek in the 2nd round.  In an interesting match involving a lot of break points their opponents Paes and Stepanek were able to convert  more than the British pair.  Colin and Ross faced 13 break points throughout the match and saved 9 of them, where as their opponents face 8 break points but were able to save 7 of them.  The British pair went down 6-4 6-3 and will now head back to the UK to get ready for Davis Cup against Belgium, after a successful month in the USA.

Glasgow Warriors (left to right) Troy Nathan and Chris Fusaro are pictured with Managing Director of McCrea Financial Services Douglas McCrea and Scottish tennis star Colin Fleming to promote a sponsorship agreement with McCrea Financial Services at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow.

One of Colin’s sponsors McCrea Financial Services, who are based in Glasgow have just launched their new website: www.mccreafs.co.uk/

They provide Independent Financial Advice and are the ONLY firm of Independent Financial Advisers in the UK to be awarded Investors in People GOLD Status.

Colin thanks his Sponsors for their continued support throughout his tennis career!!!!!

Centre Court Indian Wells

Colin and Ross played their first ever ATP1000 together, at Indian Wells.  In a tough doubles draw the pair were drawn to face friends and Davis cup team mates Andy and Jamie Murray.  Colin and Ross played well in the first set, winning in 6-3.  However the Murrays came back strong and won the 2nd set 6-2.  This sent the match into a championship tie break.  Andy and Jamie went ahead 8-3 but incredibly Colin and Ross won the next 6 points giving themselves a match point.  However they were unable to convert it, and Andy and Jamie went on to win the match 13-11.

Colin and Ross will now take a couple of days off before heading to Miami for the next ATP1000.

3-6 6-2 13-11

Colin and Ross celebrate their 2nd ATP tour title together

After battling through their first round victory Colin and Ross faced the Belgian pair of Darcis and Rochus.  The British pair produced a fine display cruising past the Belgians 6-2 6-1.  This set up a semi final against Istomin and Elgin.  This proved a much tighter affair with the British pair winning a tight first set on a tie break 7-4 and backing it up with a solid 2nd set 6-4.

In the final Colin and Ross met  Michal Mertinak and Andre Sa.  In a thrilling final the British pair were victorious 2-6, 7-6(5), 15-13  saving a match point to win their first title of the season.The British pair won nine fewer points than Mertinak and Sa, but kept pace with them in the Match Tie-break. They denied the Slovak/Brazilian duo a match point at 11-10, before clinching the final victory in just under two hours. “It was like an emotional rollercoaster really,” said Fleming. “We managed to come up with big points when we needed them today.”

Hutchins praised his partner for keeping them in the match at the critical junctures of the final two sets. “Colin always amazingly makes these shots and he keeps saying he’s lucky, but it’s not, and he did that again today.”

Fleming and Hutchins improved to 12-5 on the season and captured their second team title. They triumphed at the St. Petersburg Open last October.

Colin and Ross in 1st Round action

Colin and Ross got off to a winning start at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, defeating the American-Australian duo of Ryan Sweeting and Bernard Tomic 6-4, 7-5.  The British pair got off to a flying start breaking early and leading 3-0.  But then they got broken back straight away, and the set turned into a scrappy affair.  The British pair managed to break again and won the first set 6-4.

In the 2nd set the Tomic and Sweeting went up a break early and lead most the way.  In another scrappy set in difficult conditions the Brits managed to hold it together, breaking back, then breaking again to win the 2nd set 7-5.

This sets up a quarter final encounter with Monroe and Sock Thursday evening.

Centre Court Delray Beach

After a successful opening week of their 4 week tour of the United States, Colin and Ross travel down to the ATP250 at Delray Beach.

In the first round they face Sweeting and Tomic.  The match is scheduled for Tuesday.

Colin moved back up to a career high in the rankings at number 25.

Colin and Ross reach their first ATP500 semi final

Colin and Ross continued their recent good form with an impressive win in the quarter finals against number 3 sees Cermak and Polasek.  After cruising through the first set 6-3 with two breaks they had momentum in their favour.  However one loose game at the start of the 2nd set gave the advantage to their opponents, and the British pair were unable to break back, losing the 2nd set 6-3.

Colin and Ross got off to a flying start in the Championship tie break, winning the first 5 points.  After that they did not look back, winning the breaker 10-3.

On the Saturday Colin and Ross faced in the in form pair of Dodig and Melo in their first ATP500 semi final.  In the first set the British pair struggled with their return of serve, and also got broken early on, losing the first set 6-3.  The second set proved a much tighter affair, and went all the way to a tie break, which their opponents won 7-6 (7-4).

Fleming and Hutchins were broken just once in the match, during the first set, but were unable to engineer any break points of their own in a tight tie.

To emphasise the closeness of the match, the British pair won 48% of the total points on offer.

The British pair move on to Delray Beach for an ATP250.