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Smooth sailing for Mardy Fish playing his first tournament as the No. 1 ranked American. Fish defeated Albert Ramos 6-3, 6-3 to advance to Friday?s quarterfinals. Fish is a career high No. 11 in the ATP World Tour rankings this week and is the 11th different American to hold the top ranking among his countrymen since the Tour began keeping rankings in 1973.
Friday?s tall tale ? Karlovic, who stands 6-foot-10, will play John Isner, who is 6-foot-9, in Friday?s quarterfinals. They have split their two previous ATP meetings.
Ivo Karlovic? s Houston winning streak is now up to nine straight matches (four in 2007, three in qualifying, two in main draw). Karlovic has fired a total of 123 aces during that streak, including 70 through his five matches this year. Karlovic has faced just two break points in those five matches, and today was the first time he had been broken in the event.
Also in Friday?s action, Ryan Sweeting, the 2005 US Open Junior Champion, and his opponent Te...
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