From BBC sport

It’s never easy getting over a break-up but life as a doubles player can make it especially hard, with your ex always around the corner at the same tournaments.

British number two Colin Fleming admits as much, saying a sporting divorce “can be very awkward and quite personal”, but this week in Paris has shown that it does not have to be the case.

Having split with Ken Skupski at the end of 2010 after a highly successful couple of years, the pair were on opposite sides of the net at the French Open on Wednesday – Fleming partnered by German Philipp Marx and Skupski alongside Slovakia’s Igor Zelenay.

It was the scratch pairing of Fleming and Marx that came through 6-4 6-4 on Court 14, looking very sharp in doing so, but there were no daggers drawn at the net afterwards.

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Ken in Australian Open Action

Ken and new partner Travis Parrot went down 7-6 6-3 to Arnauld Clement and Jeremy Chardy of France in the first round of the Australian open.

The anglo/american pairing squandered a 6-2 lead in the first set tie-break and also failed to convert any of the 6 break points they fashioned.

Ken said after the match that he was gutted with the result but very happy with how he is playing. His next tournament is the ATP South African Open.

Ken and Colin’s dreams of US Open success were dashed as they lost out in the first round of the US Open to the Argentinian pairing of Horacio Zeballos & Eduardo Schwank 6-2 7-6.

The Argentines made a fast start breaking Ken’s serve twice to wrap up the first set. They continued to pressure early in the second but Flemski managed to stay solid and stay in contention. At 4-3 they fashioned 2 break points but couldn’t convert and the set inevitably ended in a tie break. Unfortunately the Argentines were the ones to hold their nerve and they edged the tie break 9-7 to move onto the second round.

Ken and Colin now head back to Europe to defend their Atp title in Metz.