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Colin Fleming Retires From Professional Tennis

Doubles player Colin Fleming has retired from professional tennis after taking up the position of National Coach for Tennis Scotland. The 32-year-old Fleming spent 10 years competing and won eight ATP World Tour titles from 18 finals. He won the 2010 Commonwealth Games mixed doubles gold medal with Jocelyn Rae. He reached a career-high No. 17 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings on 9 September 2013. "I am excited to accept the position of National Coach for Tennis Scotland,” said Fleming. “My wife, Gemma, and I are fortunate to now have two amazing young children and I have been looking for the right opportunity to transition into the next stage of my career. This role certainly represents that and it...

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Inglot/Mergea Advance, Aussies Oust Seeds

Dominic Inglot and Florin Mergea, the sixteenth seeds, defeated all-French duo Julien Benneteau and Jeremy Chardy 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(2) on Friday at the Australian Open. The British/Romanian duo await either top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut or Polish duo Jerzy Janowicz and Marcin Matkowski in the third round. Fourth seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers did not face a break point as they eased into the third round with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Marcos Baghdatis and Gilles Muller. Their third round opponents will be either No. 14 seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah or Dusan Lajovic and Viktor Troicki. Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, the No. 11 seeds, defeated recent Sydney champions Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop...

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