Archive for category: Mardy Fish
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A Triumphant Venus takes Sjogren’s Syndrome in her Stride
Despite not playing at a major tournament since she withdrew from her second-round on court appearance at last year’s US Open, Venus Williams didn’t just play at this weekend’s French Open she also won her opening match. The tennis world, and fans of the former world number 1, have been [...] -
Despite Surgery, Mardy Fish still has the Heart of a True Professional
Although we were all informed that the current top-ranking American player Mardy Fish withdrew from the French Open with fatigue, it turns out that his reasons for withdrawing were a lot more serious than that. Fish was actually suffering with a form of arrhythmia – a condition which causes irregular [...] -
Russell beats Fish in Houston, Isner through to QF
American qualifier Michael Russell defeated fellow no.1 seed Mardy Fish 6-3 6-1 and booked his place in the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship quarterfinals. Fish, who didn’t seem to be 100% focused, pulled out of the Davis Cup tie against France a couple of weeks ago due to what he [...] -
Sweeting and Russell through to round two in Houston
The defending champion Ryan Sweeting started the Houston Tennis Tournament with a 6-3 7-6 (6) win over the Brazilian qualifier Ricardo Mello. Sweeting, who won the Houston title last year with a final victory against Kei Nishikori of Japan, had to save two set points at 5-6 in the second [...] -
Blake out of Houston, Querrey wins
James Blake lost his first round match at the Houston Men’s clay court Championships against the sixth seed Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 4-6 6-2 1-6. Despite Berlocq suffering from a calf injury and needing a treatment in the second set, the Argentine managed to recover quickly. After losing the second [...] -
Djokovic through to Miami semifinals as he beats Ferrer
World no.1 Novak Djokovic put on a strong performance as he defeated the no.5 seed Spaniard David Ferrer in straight sets 6-2 7-6 (1) and booked his place in the semifinal of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Djokovic managed to take his opponent’s serve in the 3rd and the [...] -
Fish beats Anderson, Almagro and Gasquet also win
No.8 seed American Mardy Fish booked his place in the last 16 of the Miami Tennis Masters as he defeated Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-4 6-3. Anderson broke Fish and got off to a 4-1 lead in the first set, but the American fought back and winning 5 games [...] -
Isner and Fish win, Nishikori out of Indian Wells
John Isner joined his compatriot Roddick in round three of the Indian Wells Masters. Isner beat the Portuguese lucky loser Frederico Gil in straight sets 7-5 6-3. The American has got a good chance to break into the top 10 of the rankings for the first time in his career. [...] -
Switzerland with Federer loses against USA
Switzerland suffered a schock defeat against the USA in the first round of the Davis Cup played on clay in Fribourg, Switzerland, losing 5-0. In the first match, Mardy Fish beat Stanislas Wawrinka in a five set thriller 6-2 4-6 4-6 6-1 9-7. The big surprise of the day came afterwards as John [...] -
Murray, Nadal win in Shanghai, Tsonga out
World no.2 Rafael Nadal is through to the second round at the Shanghai Masters after beating his fellow countryman Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-3, 6-2. The Roland Garros 2011 champion will next face Florian Mayer of Germany who defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-3, 6-4. British no.1 Andy Murray had a [...] -
Ferrero and Ferrer victorious at Shanghai Masters, Melzer out
Former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero beat fellow countryman Fernando Verdasco in the second round of the Shanghai Masters 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and will meet David Ferrer of Spain in round three. David Ferrer, who is on a good way to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (currently [...] -
Roddick and Tomic into third round at Shanghai Masters
American Andy Roddick eliminated the youngster Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6 (3), 7-5 and moved into the third round at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The second set was much more interesting with five breaks of serve alltogether. Roddick saved a setpoint with Dimitrov serving for the set at 5-4 and [...] -
Tomic, Nalbandian and Garcia-Lopez win in Shanghai
The Argentinian David Nalbandian overcame Ernest Gulbis of Latvia in the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, beating him in straight sets 7-5, 6-4. The world no.57 Nalbandian set up a secound round encounter with the German Florian Mayer. Nalbandian, whose highest ranking was no.3, won this event in [...]
