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Rd1: C Fleming lost to J Vacek [Cze] 4-6, 1-6

Report: The grass court game of the experienced Czech Jan Vacek proved too much for Colin today as he slipped to a 6-4, 6-1 defeat in rd1 of the qualifying for ATP Nottingham. This year the qualifying draw was quite weak so Colin can consider himself unlucky to have been drawn against one of the top 8 seeds in rd1. Vacek is ranked over 150 places higher than Colin at 221 and his main weapon is a booming 1st serve which caused Colin problems throughout the match. The 1st set was quite close until 5-4 when Vacek was able to capitalise on several 2nd serves and broke to take the set. In set 2, Colin was too erratic from the baseline and Vacek broke twice to take the set and the match. Vacek went on to reach the main draw for the 3rd time.