Yeah I immediately recognized that video! It was a popular video for my coaches since they were all Van Der Meer trained! m
I didn’t watch the trailer or the film but Fish didn’t play FEDR at 2012 USO so I’m sure he didn’t say that.
The honest truth is that kind of stuff goes on a lot on the tour, I think Mardy regrets that it happened but at the same time he says that match changed his career.
You might be right, he sounded a little remorseful that he lost a friendship over it but at the same time he said he had to do it.
Indeed but quite likely he was acting out the 'mental toughness' he was told to show in the academy. Insulting Tsonga for speaking French sounds like a very exaggerated effort, like someone who doesn't REALLY know to be mentally tough in the true sense at the elite level trying to put up a brave front.
Because woke Netflix.
I mean there's no need to dramatise it. Tennis ended up making him miserable so he quit but had a good career all in all. Not like Kyrgios who had grown miserable before he even fully matured and his blatant failures don't garner sympathy. You shouldn't expect strangers to expend their emotional energy to actively sympathise anyway.
All the work and pressure made him snap and he obviously felt pretty guilty about it. That was kind of the whole point. He had to become ruthless and obsessive in order to climb to the top. That moment, among others, was a bad byproduct, and maybe in the end it wasn't worth it. They should've found that guy, Dancevic, and interviewed him for his opinion.
They had to finesse the footage a little to male the story interesting for non tennis fans. I was pretty young when Fish and Roddick started out but I remember being very aware of Roddick and not at all aware of Fish. They kinda made it seem like those two guys had all the American pressure on their shoulders. Was young Fish really that big a prospect?I watched it. I thought it was very good.
I noticed one oddity I assume done to aid the visuals and having nothing to with Mardy.
It was when they were building the Roddick storyline about his runup to and win at 2003 USO.
After showing Roddick beating Mardy at Cincy 2003 it shows Roddick walking overlaid with “one week later” and then overlaid with “2003 US Open”. Then cuts to Pmac + Drysdale talking about Roddick being in contention for the 2003 USO. Then it shows a dramatic Roddick point which Roddick is talking over discussing how seriously he took the weight of expectations as well as his preparations coming into 2003 USO. Given all these scenes I think the inference is strong that we’re watching a Roddick point from the 2003 USO. Was that your take ? Because we’re not. The point is from his 2002 USO match verse Chela.
Confirmed.
He was angry with the people in Tsonga's box who were talking. Tsonga asked him "what are they saying" and that is what Fish replied with. Tsonga handled it professionally and apologized for whatever they were saying. Was weird and rude. He also almost got into a fight with Paul Henri Mathieu. And I recall some match where he was taunting Gasquet about not being able to beat him easily.
