MARDY FISH ANNOUNCES UPCOMING RETIREMENT FROM TENNIS AT THE 2015 U.S. OPEN

Written by: Staff on 23rd July 2015

MARDY FISH ANNOUNCES UPCOMING RETIREMENT FROM TENNIS AT THE 2015 U.S. OPEN

Mardy Fish of the USA returns a ball from Tommy Haas of Germany during their semifinal match at the Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, DC, USA, 04 August 2012. Hass defeated Fish in straight sets 6-3, 7-5. EPA/SHAWN THEW |

By Ricky Dimon

Mardy Fish announced via Twitter on Wednesday that he will retire from tennis at this summer’s U.S. Open. Fish will wrap up his career with three more tournaments, a trio that also includes Atlanta and Cincinnati.

He posted the following on social media: “My schedule this summer will be Atlanta, Cincinnati, and I will finish my career at the US Open. #lastride”.

The 33-year-old American has been something of an enigma ever since withdrawing prior to a fourth-round showdown against Roger Federer at the 2012 U.S. Open. Various health concerns involving irregular heartbeats and an anxiety disorder have lingered and kept him all but off the pro tour.

A picture made available on 11 March 2013 of Mardy Fish of USA returning a shot to Bobby Reynolds of USA during their match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, USA, 10 March 2013. Fish won the match. EPA/PAUL BUCK

Fish twice made comebacks at the Indian Wells Masters, first in 2013. He lasted until the summer before retiring from a second-round match in Winston-Salem against Jarkko Niemimen. The former world No. 7 did not resurface until earlier this season in Indian Wells, where he lost his opener in a third-set tiebreaker to Ryan Harrison. Fish vowed to enter a handful of ensuing events with a protected ranking, but that did not turn out to be the case.

The six-time singles titlist will play both singles and doubles in Atlanta, which begins next week. His partner is none other than Andy Roddick, whose last ATP title came at that tournament just prior to his own retirement at the 2012 U.S. Open.

Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Flushing Meadows are undoubtedly three of Fish’s favorite stops on the ATP World Tour. He captured the title in each of the first two years of the Atlanta tournament (2010 and 2011), is a two-time runner-up in Cincinnati, and has reached at least the fourth round in four straight trips to the U.S. Open (including the quarterfinals in 2008).

Author’s note: I’ve had the pleasure of watching Fish in person at each of the three aforementioned events. I was there for both of his Atlanta triumphs, each a three-setter against John Isner. The first came in a third-set tiebreaker and in the second he saved two championship points.

I was there in Cincinnati when he thrashed Rafael Nadal en route to the 2011 semifinals, an impressive result to go along with his two final appearances.

And I was at too many of his U.S. Open matches to name, but among them were a three-set win over fellow American James Blake during third-round action inside Arthur Ashe Stadium in 2008 and a five-set loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 2011 fourth round–also in Ashe.

Thanks for the memories, Mardy!

Ricky contributes to 10sballs.com and also maintains his own tennis website, The Grandstand.

Topics: Atp World Tour, Mardy Fish, Ricky Dimon, Tennis News, tennis retirement, US Open

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July 23, 2015 at 9:51 am

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