US OPEN 2015 - R2: [18] Feliciano Lopez x Mardy Fish

[StanTheMan]

I believe this match deserves a tread, since there's a chance it will be Fish's last match from an incredible career.


How good are Fish's odds for tomorrow, you'd say?

 

[stringertom]

Until The Real Slam, Fish was out of water. He upset a similarly seeded player (Troicki) there and played Murray fairly well (4-6, 6-7). He has a shot today.

 

[Inanimate_object]

Tough one. I like both players a lot, but lets hope Fish makes it past Lopez.

 

[Unfrozen Caveman]

Fish needs to teach his backhand to the younger Americans. It is far better than most of theirs.

 

[Meles]

This is a great match up. Fish definitely has advantage head to head, but Feleciano playing great and Fish has hardly been playing. I think Fish wins a great match.

Glad to see this match has its own thread!

 

[Meles]

Fish breaks, up 3-2

 

[mavsman149]

Fish needs to teach his backhand to the younger Americans. It is far better than most of theirs.

100% agree, his backhand is actually much better than his forehand!

C'mon Fish! One more run!

 

[Meles]

100% agree, his backhand is actually much better than his forehand!

C'mon Fish! One more run!

Fish off and running with a second break. Fish 5-2

 

[heninfan99]

seems like he's overcome his anxiety. Why retire?

 

[BGod]

Quarterfinals are waiting!

 

[Starfury]

That Feciliano Lozep guy, what's he doing for a living?

 

[Raindogs]

Crucial stage of this match. I do NOT like Fish's chances if this thing goes into a fifth.

Come on Mardy!!

 

[junior74]

Nice smash. DjokoFish?

 

[derski]

Just followed up on his anxiety disorder and so happy for him! You just want to root for him. Go Fish!!

BTW...Nice return!!

 

[Inanimate_object]

GO FISH! BIG FISH!

 

[Chanwan]

Serving for the match, go Fish!

 

[Inanimate_object]

Flopping like a fish.

 

[derski]

looking tight! c'mon Fish!!

 

[Raindogs]

I don't care if he loses but I just really hope that he doesn't have some kind of meltdown here.

 

[romeo8880]

Sad to see fish not close it out.

 

[Starfury]

Sad to see fish not close it out.

In a way, I think this is almost a more appropriate way to go out than winning this match and then losing the next one (or the one after) in straights.

 

[Inanimate_object]

In a way, I think this is almost a more appropriate way to go out than winning this match and then losing the next one (or the one after) in straights.

The most appropriate way to go out is on top.

 

[Chanwan]

Dammit, he didn't deserve to go out like this. Lopez' gotta be the stronger player in the 5th. Fish just crumbled at 5-4, 3 shots out by an inch or 3 and then one in the net.

 

[Starfury]

The most appropriate way to go out is on top.

No, that's they way to go when you're afraid of losing.

 

[Inanimate_object]

No, that's they way to go when you're afraid of losing.

Nope. Everyone wants to go out on top. If Fish won the US Open as his last tournament - that'd be a magical moment, probably even moreso than if Connors had won the 91 US Open

 

[Chanwan]

what a point to start the set with!

 

[Starfury]

Nope. Everyone wants to go out on top. If Fish won the US Open as his last tournament - that'd be a magical moment, probably even moreso than if Connors had won the 91 US Open

Ah sorry, I thought you were talking about reality.

 

[Inanimate_object]

Ah sorry, I thought you were talking about reality.

Some of the best moments are the ones you don't see coming. That's why people love the underdog story. Unfortunately that's lost on you.

 

[Raindogs]

Deliciano looks like he's about to pass out on the court. If Mardy's brain doesn't betray him he's maybe still got a good chance at this.

 

[Starfury]

Some of the best moments are the ones you don't see coming. That's why people love the underdog story. Unfortunately that's lost on you.

No, I've seen the movies too. But I recognize the difference between a script and real life.

You don't win a Grand Slam tournament on your farewell tour. Assuming that's possible is not giving enough credit to the 127 other players in the draw.

 

[Raindogs]

Mac now soapboxing about the fifth set tiebreaker issue, in a tournament that has a fifth set tiebreaker.

 

[Inanimate_object]

No, I've seen the movies too. But I recognize the difference between a script and real life.

You don't win a Grand Slam tournament on your farewell tour. Assuming that's possible is not giving enough credit to the 127 other players in the draw.

You seriously don't understand the concept of an underdog. The WHOLE IDEA is that Fish is almost certainly not going to win. That's exactly why it would be magical if he did. Do I really have to explain the concept of an underdog to you? And that it's prevalence in movies comes from it's ocurence in reality? Jeez. No one said it was going to happen. It almost certainly won't.

 

[Starfury]

No, you don't understand that in this thread everyone's talking about a fitting end for Mardy Fish, the professional tennis player, not Mardy Fish - starring as Mardy Fish in "The Big Farewell".

 

[junior74]

Break denied with a 133 mph serve. Love Feliciano´s serve. So clean and smooth.

 

[Chanwan]

@Starfury @Inanimate_object
Can we try and just appreciate Fish and the match instead of vexing into a 'what's an underdog story and what isn't'? Please

Just my 2 cents

 

[Inanimate_object]

The point isn't that Fish has to win the US Open in order to make this tournament worthwhile. That he's playing at all is already a treat. Every match he wins now just adds to the great story that is Mardy Fish and his wish to end his career on his own terms. He can lose this set and it would still be worth it. But every step forward he takes adds to the excitement and the inspirational qualities of this tournament.

 

[Starfury]

@Starfury @Inanimate_object
Can we try and just appreciate Fish and the match instead of vexing into a 'what's an underdog story and what isn't'? Please

Just my 2 cents

No problem. The more people post about Fish and the match, the faster the OT posts get swept away.

 

[Raindogs]

Even more so than the awareness that Fish has brought to Generalized Anxiety Disorder is the awareness he has brought to athletes who choose to perform in no-show socks.

 

[merwy]

Fish is a perfect example of how you achieve great things when you really go for it 100%

Looks to be cramping a lot but still 2 BPs up

 

[Starfury]

WTF is Lopez doing?

 

[Chanwan]

Fish can hardly run anymore, nor get up to his serve - but he's just smacking winners left and right instead. Will see how long he can last, 3-all, 2 BPs!

 

[chloep]

Respect. He is clearly cramping but he is nonetheless hanging in there.... (Lopez is kinda helping his case though..lol)

 

[Chanwan]

The point isn't that Fish has to win the US Open in order to make this tournament worthwhile. That he's playing at all is already a treat. Every match he wins now just adds to the great story that is Mardy Fish and his wish to end his career on his own terms. He can lose this set and it would still be worth it. But every step forward he takes adds to the excitement and the inspirational qualities of this tournament.

Nobody would disagree with that.
Anyhow, onwards and upwards. Big hold from Lopez, big chance from Fish gone away. I think Lopez breaks now and runs away with it. Fish can hardly walk or serve.

 

[Starfury]

Why didn't the trainer come? (and can you even call the trainer when you're cramping?)

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Bless him.

 

[Inanimate_object]

His legs are gone.

 

[merwy]

Damn what a sad way to end a career

 

[Starfury]

Damn what a sad way to end a career

Every winner ends his career by losing. It's only a question of how you lose. A five-setter where you had a chance to win isn't a bad way to go.

 

[malbaker86]

Hate it has to end like this for Fish smh

 

[merwy]

Every winner ends his career by losing. It's only a question of how you lose. A five-setter where you had a chance to win isn't a bad way to go.

Did you watch the match!?!? I'm talking about the fact that he can't even walk anymore