Scottish number three Colin Fleming lost in the first round of the ITF Futures event in Ostrava, Czech Republic, after a battling display.

The Linlithgow player had won through the qualifying rounds to set up a first round clash with Georgian Lado Chikhladze.

After losing the first set on a tie-break, Fleming came back to win the second set 7-5.

But Chikhladze proved just too strong and came through 7-6 5-7 6-2.