Tennis: Fish advances in Houston

HOUSTON: Mardy Fish made a victorious start, defeating Albert Ramos in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the US Clay Court Championships. Fish defeated Ramos 6-3, 6-4, turning back a late charge that saw the Spaniard pull back from 5-1 down in the second set to 5-4. Fish, who won this title in 2006, arrived in Houston ranked 11th in the world after reaching the semi-finals of the Miami Masters last week. With Andy Roddick’s fall from eighth to 14th, Fish is the top-ranked US man for the first time in his career.



Published in The Express Tribune, April 9^th, 2011.