Russell surprises ailing Fish at clay court tourney
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April 14, 2012, Saturday
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QUALIFIER Michael Russell took advantage of the ailing Mardy Fish for a 6-3, 6-1 victory on Thursday in the second round of the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston, Texas.
Fish, the top seed in the tournament and ranked ninth in the world, was playing for the first time since pulling out of Davis Cup competition against France for what he called a health issue.
"What happened a couple of weeks ago scared me," Fish said. "I'm not over it. Anyone could see I wasn't myself."
Fish's elimination leaves No.2 John Isner as the tournament favorite. The towering American fired down 16 aces in beating Argentina's Horacio Zeballos 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2.
In other second-round results, South Africa's Kevin Anderson beat American Sam Querrey in three tight sets, Juan Monaco of Argentina was a straight-sets winner over Japan's Tatsuma Ito and Ryan Sweeting won an all-American match against Bobby Reynolds.
Meanwhile, second-seeded Julia Goerges and third-seeded Dominika Cibulkova ground out three-set victories to advance to the Barcelona Open quarterfinals on Thursday.
Goerges beat Garbine Muguruza Blanco 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, with Muguruza Blanco's erratic serve letting her down as the Spaniard fired 14 double faults in the 2?-hour match.
Cibulkova rallied for a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Klara Zakopalova.
Fish, the top seed in the tournament and ranked ninth in the world, was playing for the first time since pulling out of Davis Cup competition against France for what he called a health issue.
"What happened a couple of weeks ago scared me," Fish said. "I'm not over it. Anyone could see I wasn't myself."
Fish's elimination leaves No.2 John Isner as the tournament favorite. The towering American fired down 16 aces in beating Argentina's Horacio Zeballos 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2.
In other second-round results, South Africa's Kevin Anderson beat American Sam Querrey in three tight sets, Juan Monaco of Argentina was a straight-sets winner over Japan's Tatsuma Ito and Ryan Sweeting won an all-American match against Bobby Reynolds.
Meanwhile, second-seeded Julia Goerges and third-seeded Dominika Cibulkova ground out three-set victories to advance to the Barcelona Open quarterfinals on Thursday.
Goerges beat Garbine Muguruza Blanco 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, with Muguruza Blanco's erratic serve letting her down as the Spaniard fired 14 double faults in the 2?-hour match.
Cibulkova rallied for a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Klara Zakopalova.
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