http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/fish_charity.asp

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Fish Sends Murray Crashing Out

With his serve firing on all cylinders, Mardy Fish sent defending champion and third seed Andy Murray crashing out of the Sony Ericsson Open Saturday. Fish fired 10 aces and won 82 percent of points on his first serve to hand Murray his first opening-round loss in 11 months, just one day after second seed Novak Djokovic was upset by Belgian Olivier Rochus.

“No doubt [it’s one of the best wins of my career].  He's a Grand Slam finalist this year already and his results speak for themselves,” Fish said.  “It's a great win. Certainly had to serve well, and I did when I needed to.  Got me out of some jams there late in the match. Had I think three break points against, and hit aces on every one of them or unreturnables on every one of them. Little lucky in that aspect, as well.”

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Murray, who led 3-1 40/0 in the first set, paid tribute to Fish’s clutch serving, but added that his own game fell short of expectations.

“Mardy served well when he needed to, especially the second set when he was down break points he served well.  But I just wasn't very good today, and I'm gonna need to get a lot better… if you leave the ball short in the middle of the court, it's very easy for guys to attack and be aggressive. You don't get away with playing that way against guys that can serve well that are difficult to break and play very aggressive on the return."

http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Te … urray.aspx

#4) Newport 2010



1R: Michael Russell (USA) 6-1 6-2
2R: Somdev Devvarman (IND) 6-2 6-0
QF: Frank Dancevic (CAN) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4
SF: (Q)Richard Bloomfield (GBR) 7-6(5) 6-4
W:  (4)Olivier Rochus (BEL) 5-7 6-3 6-4

Fast-Rising Fish Captures Fourth ATP World Tour Title In Newport



Mardy Fish lifted his fourth ATP World Tour trophy (4-11 final record) at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport on Sunday.

The fifth-seeded American hit 24 aces past No. 4 seed Olivier Rochus of Belgium for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory in two hours and four minutes. It was his first grass-court title after three runner-up finishes on the surface.

“It means a lot to win now on every surface in my career – indoor, outdoor, hard, clay and grass,” said Fish. “I’ve certainly lost a lot of heartbreak finals, and it feels good to win one.”

By capturing his first tour-level title since March 2009 at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Fish will jump around 30 spots to No. 49 in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings on Monday.

The 28-year-old Florida resident picked up a cheque for $75,700 and earned 250 South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking points, while 29-year-old Rochus received $39,780 and 150 points.

The first set went with serve to 5-5 when Rochus broke and converted his second set point opportunity to clinch the 45-minute opener. Fish had hit seven aces and dropped nine service points.

At 1-2, Rochus fell to 15/40 and was broken by Fish, who maintained the advantage and hit his 15th ace to win the second set in 30 minutes.

Fish broke Rochus at 4-4 on his fourth break point opportunity of the third set with a forehand volley winner. The former World No. 17 was then forced to save two break points before closing out his 23rd victory of the season on his second championship point.

“I was feeling really good on the court,” said Rochus. “It was just one or two points. The last two games were so close. I had two break points [at 4-5], game points at 4-all. It’s just like this. When it’s that tight, one has to win. But Mardy was pushing hard at the end and his serve was really good, so maybe he deserved it a little more.”

Fish, who set up both of his championship points with aces, said: “I served great, and I needed to for sure. I served great when I needed to in that last game… If I didn’t come up with those [aces] he probably was going to break me eventually.”

Over the past 10 months, Fish has dropped 30 pounds in weight due to a strict diet and training regime with trainer Christian LoCascio. Last month he finished runner-up to Sam Querrey at the AEGON Championships, another ATP World Tour 250 grass-court tournament, in London.

“In that spot and that atmosphere, it was tough to swallow,” Fish said of the loss at the Queen’s Club. “I wanted to play this match on my own terms, figure out a way to win it or lose it on my racquet.”

World No. 65 Rochus, who did not drop a set en route to his eighth ATP World Tour final (2-6 lifetime), was the first Belgium in tournament history to contest the championship match.

Steve Darcis was the last Belgian titlist at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis in February 2008.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis … Title.aspx

#5) Atlanta 2010



R32 James Ward (GBR) 6-1 6-2
R16 Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-1 7-5
Q Taylor Dent (USA) 6-3 6-0
S Andy Roddick (USA) 7-6 6-3
W John Isner (USA) 4-6 6-4 7-6

metjuAR napisał:

Brawo Mardy, uznane marki na liście pokonanych w Atlancie

Hehe, faktycznie, prawie sami Amerykanie. Jakby zamiast Warda był Blake (wszak takżę James ) to byłoy jeszcze bardziej okazale.

Fish pulls out of Los Angeles

Reported on July 27, 2010

After winning two straight titles in Newport and Atlanta, Mardy Fish has pulled out of Los Angeles citing fatigue and an ankle injury.

"I need to rest in order to compete at a high level," said Fish, who will be replaced in the draw by a lucky loser.

http://www.tennis.com/articles/template … 4&zoneid=6

A Leaner Fish Hungers for Open Success

MASON, Ohio – The burger joint taunted Mardy Fish.

“I stare out the window from my hotel at a place called ‘Five Guys,’ Fish said the other day. “That’s incredible food.”

A year ago, Fish might have succumbed to the temptation. But this is a different man – in both mind and bulk. And now, shed of 30 pounds from the weight he has carried most of his career, he might finally be considered a viable contender at the United States Open.

Fish, 28, has long been a solid player on the men’s tennis tour – good enough to make the main draws, rarely able to make much of a racket at major tournaments. But knee surgery and a dedication to a better diet a year ago have changed Fish, ranked 36th and now in possible position to secure one of the Open’s 32 seeds.

His 170-pound frame has a spryness that has added an intriguing dimension of quickness to his all-around game. It has helped him become one of the best players of the summer, winner of two tournaments (Newport and Atlanta) and 15 out of 16 matches.

On Friday, in the heat of the day at the Cincinnati event, Fish beat fourth-ranked Andy Murray for the third time this year in a sweaty, tight match, 6-7(7), 6-1, 7-6(5). It was the third top-10 player Fish has beaten in the past month, and lifted him to Saturday’s semifinals, where Fish awaited either Novak Djokovic or Andy Roddick.

Murray won last week in Toronto, and played a daily succession of daytime matches here. Between points against Fish, he often looked more anguished than usual, bending over to catch his breath or wincing as he limped around the court. He often dropped his racket and put his hands on his knees. After losing the second-to-last point, he fired a ball out of the stadium and received a warning from the chair umpire.

Fish, the crowd favorite, displayed no such drama.

“I don’t get tired as much with 30 less pounds than I did before, so I’m able to do a lot more. I’m able to train harder and train longer, you know — train for more hours, even days before matches, weeks before tournaments, things like that. So as far as affecting my mobility, it’s been everything. I mean, it’s night and day. I feel extremely good on the court, on and off the court. I feel like a completely different player.”

It allows him to be even quicker at the net, a large part of Fish’s arsenal, and he is now better built to chase balls along the baseline. The lost weight has not cost him much strength; he still wields a healthy 130-m.p.h. first serve.

In winning at Atlanta, Fish beat Andy Roddick and John Isner, two higher-profile and higher-ranked Americans. In the second round at Cincinnati, he beat No. 8 Fernando Verdasco with the help of 18 aces.

Change came a year ago, when Fish missed the United States Open because of knee surgery. He said it was the lowest point of his career. Sensing his tennis mortality, he was determined to make a late-career push with a newer, slimmer self.

He last played the Open in 2008, reaching the quarterfinals, where he lost to Nadal, after not getting beyond the second round in eight previous appearances.

A similar run looks increasingly plausible. Fish, by shedding weight, has shown that less can be more.

http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2 … ref=tennis

Szkoda Fisha. 3 finał Mastersa i 3 przegrany w bardzo dramatycznych okolicznościach, po wyrównanej 3-setówce.

2003 Cincinnati: 1-2 do Roddicka (Mardy miał 2 MP, oba Roddick obronił asami)
2008 Indian Wells: 1-2 do Djokovicia
2010 Cincinnati: 1-2 do Federera

Do tego przegrany w 5 setach finał IO w Atenach. GDYBY udało się wygrać połowę z tych spotkań to dorobek Ryby byłby naprawdę niczego sobie.

Oby Amerykanin utrzymał taką formę do końca sezonu.

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http://blog.gvtnews.com/2010/08/22/mard … px?ref=rss

American Mardy Fish has withdrawn from Pilot Pen Tennis due to fatigue.

Fish wycofał się z NH, jedyna słuszna deyczja.