Murray finds this Fish not so palatable
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March 29, 2010, Monday
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UNSEEDED American Mardy Fish recorded a shock 6-4, 6-4 win over world No. 3 and defending champion Andy Murray in front of a packed crowd in the Sony Ericsson Open second round in Key Biscayne, Florida, on Saturday.
Top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland then avoided Murray's fate with a 6-3, 6-3 victory in just over an hour over Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti in the late match.
Florida resident Fish took control by seizing the opening set against the Briton and the writing was on the wall for Murray when he surrendered his serve in the first game of the second.
"I just wasn't very good today and I'm going to need to get a lot better," Murray told reporters.
"Mardy served well when he needed to especially in the second set," added the Scot who will be replaced at No. 3 in the next rankings by Spain's Rafael Nadal.
"You can kind of get away with playing badly. I don't really mind that but mentally the last few weeks I've been really poor and it's unacceptable."
Murray was again outplayed and hit two aces against Fish's eight.
Fish sported a wide grin as he celebrated his victory by pumping both fists close to his chest. He then signed the courtside television camera, 'Hi dad'.
"My dad wasn't able to be there today but my mum was," said the American. "It's really nice to have them come down.
"They don't get to watch much," said Fish, who last beat a top-five opponent when he knocked out Federer at Indian Wells in 2008.
Joining Fish in the third round were fifth-seeded Robin Soderling and No. 10 Fernando Verdasco. Swede Soderling beat Peter Luczak of Australia 7-6 (5), 6-0, and Spain's Verdasco eliminated Dudi Sela of Israel 6-1, 6-2.
Three-time champion Venus Williams reached the fourth round by beating Italy's Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-4 and is the only American who reached the final 32 in the women's draw. She and sister Serena are the lone US women in the top 40.
"It's just definitely strange because of the unbelievable tradition we've had with tennis for Americans," Williams said. "That's what makes it so odd. With Serena and me, the standard has been set pretty high."
Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia beat Hungarian No. 27 Agnes Szavay 6-2, 6-3. Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic's recent struggles continued with the Serb losing to No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, 5-7, 5-7.
Top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland then avoided Murray's fate with a 6-3, 6-3 victory in just over an hour over Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti in the late match.
Florida resident Fish took control by seizing the opening set against the Briton and the writing was on the wall for Murray when he surrendered his serve in the first game of the second.
"I just wasn't very good today and I'm going to need to get a lot better," Murray told reporters.
"Mardy served well when he needed to especially in the second set," added the Scot who will be replaced at No. 3 in the next rankings by Spain's Rafael Nadal.
"You can kind of get away with playing badly. I don't really mind that but mentally the last few weeks I've been really poor and it's unacceptable."
Murray was again outplayed and hit two aces against Fish's eight.
Fish sported a wide grin as he celebrated his victory by pumping both fists close to his chest. He then signed the courtside television camera, 'Hi dad'.
"My dad wasn't able to be there today but my mum was," said the American. "It's really nice to have them come down.
"They don't get to watch much," said Fish, who last beat a top-five opponent when he knocked out Federer at Indian Wells in 2008.
Joining Fish in the third round were fifth-seeded Robin Soderling and No. 10 Fernando Verdasco. Swede Soderling beat Peter Luczak of Australia 7-6 (5), 6-0, and Spain's Verdasco eliminated Dudi Sela of Israel 6-1, 6-2.
Three-time champion Venus Williams reached the fourth round by beating Italy's Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-4 and is the only American who reached the final 32 in the women's draw. She and sister Serena are the lone US women in the top 40.
"It's just definitely strange because of the unbelievable tradition we've had with tennis for Americans," Williams said. "That's what makes it so odd. With Serena and me, the standard has been set pretty high."
Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia beat Hungarian No. 27 Agnes Szavay 6-2, 6-3. Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic's recent struggles continued with the Serb losing to No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, 5-7, 5-7.
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