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Fish opens Delray Beach title defense with win

By MarkEdmundson (TennisEarth.com), Submitted On

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Defending champion Mardy Fish of America walked into the second round of Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, when Belgian Christophe Rochus midway with a back injury.

Defending champion Mardy Fish reach the second round of Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, when Belgian Christophe Rochus retired at 3-3 in the third set with a back injury.

Fish arrowed 25 aces in the middle and bounced back from a 5-7 first set loss to level the match scores at 1-1 with a 6-3 scoreline in the second set.

"He’s got an annoying game for sure – makes a lot of balls, great hands, good returns,"said Fish. "Someone with good returns is sort of a nightmare for me, so not having played a lot of matches in the past few months, you don’t know what to expect"

Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia fired 19 aces to beat Philipp Petzschner of Germany 6-3 7-6 (3). Third-seeded German Benjamin Becker ousted 2008 Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-3 1-6 6-0.

Becker said “I just tried to stay calm after I got down in the second set, and refocused for the third set. I think I did well. I came out right after the changeover in the third set and I felt good. I was a little bit more aggressive, attacked the ball, and it helped me at the end.”

In other matches  of the day , former champion Xavier Malisse of Belgium lost to fourth-seeded Jeremy Chardy of France 6-3, 7-6 (5) and Ernests Gulbis of Latvia defeated American qualifier Ryan Harrison 6-4 7-6 (5).

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Atlanta Tennis Championships, Men Singles  Final
19:00
Final
 Mardy Fish (USA) Winner 2 4 6 77
John Isner (USA) 1 6 4 64
Fish - Isner    4 - 6    6 - 4    7 - 6   
Served By: J Isner Won By: Fish
Game J Isner to M Fish : IN, Winner: Fish!!! After a short rally Isner sends a forehand long
  J Isner to M Fish : Fault. First serve goes into the net.
4-6   J Isner to M Fish : ACE, Winner: Isner!!! J Isner aims ace down the T
6-3   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Fish!!! Isner pushes forehand return over the line
5-3   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Fish!!! Isner Backhand return goes wayward
3-4   J Isner to M Fish : IN, Winner: Isner!!! Isner hits a delightful forehand winner down the line and crowd enjoys it too
4-2   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Isner!!! Isner sends a thumping forehand winner down the line
4-1   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Isner!!! Isner produces a raking forehand down the line and Fish fails to control it
  M Fish to J Isner : Fault. M Fish serve lands outside the service line.
4-0   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Fish!!! Quick serve in the middle, Isner fails to read it
0-3   J Isner to M Fish : IN, Winner: Fish!!! Isner backhand finds way into the net
  J Isner to M Fish : Fault. J Isner serve lands outside the service line.
0-2   J Isner to M Fish : IN, Winner: Fish!!! After a short rally Isner sends a forehand long
  J Isner to M Fish : Fault. J Isner serve lands outside the service line.
  J Isner to M Fish : Fault. First serve goes into the net.
Fish - Isner    4 - 6    6 - 4    6 - 6   
Served By: J Isner Won By: Isner
Game ACE, Winner: Isner!!! ACE! J Isner brings out big serve
40-0   IN, Winner: Isner!!! Fish pushes backhand over the line
  Fault. J Isner serve lands outside the service line.