Mardy Fish passed on the London Olympics. Tommy Haas wanted in.
The top-seeded American required big and timely serves to reach the second round. The fourth-seeded Haas advanced with relative ease.
Fish rallied from an opening-set loss and beat Bjorn Phau 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday night in the Citi Open.
Haas, an Olympic medalist denied a chance for a second, continued his impressive summer by defeating American qualifier Michael Russell 6-4, 6-2.
Fish, the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in Athens, entered this week on a gimpy right ankle, one he injured two weeks ago in Atlanta. He then tweaked the injury diving for a ball late in the first set on Tuesday.
“It’s 75 percent, but not hampering me in a bad way,” Fish said.
Steve Krulevitz talks with Mardy Fish post match Memo-67
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