Mardy Fish must feel his buddy, Andy Roddick's pain. Roddick had not lost serve until the final game that gave Wimbledon 2009 to Roger Federer. Fish hadn't been broken either, until 4-all in the third set, when Fed got to 30-40 and Fish netted a shot. Fed had had chances including a marathon third game
They say "give a man a fish and he eats for a day". Well, had to work in a Fish joke today. The last time these two met was in the finals of Atlanta, the first tournament in the US Open Series. Fish had just been fresh off a win in Newport on grass and
In a match lasting nearly 3 hours, Murray won the first set 7-6 (9-7 in the tiebreak), but then got broken twice early on in the second set, and much like his Monfils match, Murray let that set go. The announcers predicted that Murray would try to rebound in the third set and at least
Today, the top four players in the world were out on court and doing what they do best, which is win. Novak Djokovic beat fellow Serb, Victor Troicki, 6-3, 7-5. Nadal played Taylor Dent and won by a similar score of 6-2, 7-5. Andy Murray had the toughest match of the top 4. He beat
During the mid-to-late afternoon, storms hit the Washington DC area, which meant matches were delayed until the evening. As it approaches midnight, matches are still being played to keep on schedule. Earlier today, which really means, earlier this evening, top seed and Wimbledon finalist, Tomas Berdych beat Andrey Golubev in three close sets: 6-3, 5-7,
I would love to say something intelligent about the match, but a whirlwind storm hit my viewing area. The 20 minutes was enough to take down power in a huge swath of area where I live. I had expected my satellite to go down, and watch the match on ESPN 3, but with no power,
Mardy Fish had been having knee issues. One of his best buds on tour, Andy Roddick, had advised him to lose weight. Fish essentially hired a nutritionist and shaved 30 lbs off his 200 lb frame and now weighs under 170. This is pretty impressive for a guy 6'2". Fish hasn't had a great deal
Caught in the heat wave that has gripped much of the nation, the Atlanta quarterfinals were played today. Andy Roddick played a rematch of his very first final, coincidentally in Atlanta when he won his first final as a wildcard over Xavier Malisse. Roddick played Malisse again (as a wildcard, but number 1 seed) and
Today, four singles matches were played, and five Americans played, and in every match, the American won. Taylor Dent took on fourth seed Horacio Zeballos 4-6, 6-2, 6-0. In the only all-American second round, Mardy Fish took on Robby Ginepri. Fish continued to show the form that got him to the finals at Queen's and
Both Mardy Fish and Olivier Rochus have been on the tour for a long time. They've only met three times, but each time, it's been a challenge. They first met back in 2002 at Long Island which Fish won 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. They met once again, this time in Lyon, France, and Rochus won 6-7(5),
