Week 16 - ATP 1000 series: Monte-Carlo Masters (red clay) - doubles

Ratty · County player

RE: Week 16 - ATP 1000 series: Monte-Carlo Masters (red clay) - doubles

Miriambee · Futures level

2 possible reasons:

one, to up big brother's rankings.

two, to get used to clay.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Fletch down to play an alternate team tomorrow.

Neil Harman says on Twitter that Colin Fleming has been diagnosed with a stress fracture by doctors in Monte-Carlo. Not sure what of or if it will prohibit his appearance here?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

johnnylad wrote:
wolf wrote:
Fletch down to play an alternate team tomorrow.
Neil Harman says on Twitter that Colin Fleming has been diagnosed with a stress fracture by doctors in Monte-Carlo. Not sure what of or if it will prohibit his appearance here?

The latter, unfortunately! cry Their place in the draw has been taken by Marin Cilic & Marcelo Melo, who will play another pair of alternates, ERV & Gilou! hmm

Julia Carrot · All-time great

That is such a shame for them. Poor Colin (and Ross).

indiana · Tennis legend

Darn. Stress fractures can be very variable as to how serious and how long folk are out. I guess it much depends on how quickly it's caught.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

[Colin's & Ross's] place in the draw has been taken by Marin Cilic & Marcelo Melo, who will play another pair of alternates, ERV & Gilou!

And whaddya know? Cilic & Melo won, by 7-6(5) 6-4! disbelief

indiana · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Darn. Stress fractures can be very variable as to how serious and how long folk are out. I guess it much depends on how quickly it's caught.

Just read Stuart Fraser on Twitter indicating that Colin out for 6 to 8 weeks.

steven · Tennis legend

Very unlucky for Colin

but if he had to pick 6 weeks to be out this year (let's hope it's just 6!), the clay court season isn't the worst time to be out.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Interesting! Rain has stopped play on the centre court & Court 9, but there is action on Court 2 (covered?) & that just happens to be where the Murrays are playing the Bryans! *2-3 M&M in the first set.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The boys break to 30 in the ninth game only to be broken back to 40 while serving for the first set in the next! cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The boys are broken to 40 in the twelfth game of the first set: 5-7. cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

M&M broken to 30 in the fourth game of the second set: *1-4. cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

They get the break back, but are promptly broken again themsleves to 40: the Bryans serving for the match: *5-3.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

But again they dig themselves out of the hole: *4-5!