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Preview:

Colin has entered for the 24 player Wimbledon wildcard playoff which starts on Tuesday 13th June on the grass courts at Raynes Park. This is an event which is restricted to British players only and the competition is extremely intense as there is normally between 1-3 main draw wildcards at stake which would provide both a financial and a confidence boost plus the rare opportunity for British players to test themselves against the world's elite. The favourites will be Arvind Parmar, Martin Lee and Jamie Delgado who have all won main draw matches at Wimbledon in the past and also Alan Mackin who has hit form of late. Colin will be seeded in the top 8 and so he'll receive a bye through rd1. He'll be hoping that having received a wildcard for the doubles main draw will inspire him to reach the singles main draw aswell. Speaking to the Scotsman ahead of the playoff, Colin said "It will be a lifetime ambition realised when I step out at Wimbledon. Regarding the singles event the authorities don't decide until later just how many wild cards are available in the current tournament but it will be one at least. I have to give it my best shot and see what happens."
To read the Scotsman's full preview go to: http://sport.scotsman.com/tennis.cfm?id=875702006

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Rd2: C Fleming bt L Childs [GB] 7-5, 7-6
Report: Colin moved into the quarter-finals of the LTA Wimbledon wildcard playoff, beating Lee Childs 7-6, 7-5. Afterwards Colin said "That was was my best match for a while. We played indoors at Sutton LTC because it was raining at Raynes Parl. I was able to attack the net a lot and that put pressure on him."

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QF: C Fleming lost to A Parmar [GB][1] 6-7[2], 3-6

Report: Colin was edged out in a tight quarter-final match against top seed Arvind Parmar, 7-6, 6-3. Speaking after the match Colin said "I played well up until 6-6 in the 1st set but then I played a very poor tiebreak and lost it 7-2. I didn't play particularly very well in the 2nd set. Overall I missed too many chances today. Arvind served very clever, mixing it up which made it difficult to read. We played on the grass courts at Raynes Park which aren't particularly good quality and I didn't get into the net enough to counteract that. I'm now heading to Nottingham to play the qualifying event which starts on Saturday, the cut's usually quite low so I expect I'll get in. Next week I'm either going to play Wimbledon qualifying or the doubles for Nottingham with Jamie Murray, I'll make my final decision on Saturday."