Colin Fleming incurs an injury and goes out of action for a month – Tennis News
Doubles world number 25, Colin Fleming, will not be seen in action during the clay court season. He has incurred an injury that has ruled him out of action for at least month and half. The Scot tennis ace confirmed the injury news
on his official Twitter account. He stated, “Going to do all I can to minimise the time I’m out injured; aiming for six weeks not eight.” However, he is expecting a comeback in the grass court season and contest in the third Grand Slam tournament of the year,
Wimbledon.
The bad news is that he will not be seen in the Roland Garros French Open that is a major disappointment for all his fans. He has a stress fracture to his left tibia that can grow further if not dealt with care. Fleming was scheduled
to take part in the ongoing Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters but pulled out of it at the last moment. The Twitter update further stated, “Bad news folks. I’ve withdrawn from the tournament here with an injury. Focused on rehab now and hoping to be back on court in
six-eight weeks.”
Fleming is not the only one who has suffered the blow, his partner Ross Hutchins will have to look out for some other partner to contest in the rest of the clay court season. The duo made it to the quarter-finals of the two back-to-back
Grand Slam tournaments, Wimbledon and the US Open, last year.
They were eyeing a spot both in Olympics as well as season-end finale, the Barclays Association of Tennis Professional World Tours. However, it seems like they will not be able to made it through for London Olympics at least because
the final list will be generated on June 21, 2012 and Fleming is scheduled to end towards the end of May.
He has been a consistent team member of the Davis Cup team of Great Britain and this news must have saddened the captain of the British team of Davis Cup. He will miss one of his most talented superstars and finding a replacement
of his class will be very difficult considering the scarcity of top notch tennis players in Great Britain.
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