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Mardy Fish: Australian Open
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Fish started off 2008 quite well at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia. Partnering Serena Williams, Fish, won the title. Williams was ill and arrived after the start of the event, but Meghann Shaughnessy filled in for the first match against the Indian team. Fish won against Indian, Rohan Bopanna and Australian, Peter Luczak, and received a walkover from Czech Tomas Berdych. Although Fish lost the first doubles match to the Indians with Shaughnessy, he and Williams were undefeated in 2 mixed doubles matches. They qualified undefeated for the final where they faced the top-seeded Serbians, Novak Đoković and Jelena Janković.
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At 26, Fish is at a critical phase of his career. After breaking into the top 20 in 2004, injuries knocked him back, particularly a left-wrist injury that required surgery. After working his way back and reaching the quarter-finals here last year — his best performance in a grand slam tournament — he was injured again, losing early at Wimbledon and the US Open.
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When asked whether he felt less pressure in Melbourne than in New York, Fish did admit that the more casual environs of Melbourne might better suit his character. On at least three occasions, he has come into the US Open as a second week hopeful and disappointed.
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It was ... the 6th-ranked Roddick who sent Mardy packing last week at the SAP Open in San Jose, California. Roddick then went on to claim that title for the third time. This year so far, he has suffered only one loss, a five-setter at the Australian Open in January.
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