The best American player is Mardy Fish who is ranked eighth in the world.
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In 2008, Mardy Fish partnered with Williams to win the Hopman Cup prior to the Australian Open.
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U.S. hopes were boosted by a superb win by 23rd seed Mardy Fish over Russian Nikolay Davydenko.
Spadea's fellow American, eighth-seed Mardy Fish dropped a set against Lee Hyung-taik of South Korea before winning 6-4 3-6 6-1.
Monaco celebrated his 28th birthday with a comprehensive 6-1 6-3 defeat of U.S. No. 1 and eighth seed Mardy Fish .
Lopez will play Mardy Fish, who beat Andy Murray, in the semi-finals.
Fifth seed Mardy Fish maintained the form he showed last week by moving into the second round with a comfortable win over Julien Benneteau.
American ninth seed Mardy Fish also exited after being hampered by the abdominal problem which forced him to forfeit in the L.A. quarterfinals.
The expectation was that the torch would again be passed on to the next generation, which included Andy Roddick, James Blake and Mardy Fish.
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Meanwhile Federer was never seriously troubled as he earned a clash with either American 23rd seed Mardy Fish or Gilles Simon, the French 16th seed.
Meanwhile, unseeded American Mardy Fish beat Japanese Goichi Motomura 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 and Karol Kucera of Solvakia downed German Maximilian Abel 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4.
Top seed Nadal, the 2005 champion, next faces Richard Gasquet after the Frenchman overcame 23 aces by American Mardy Fish to win 6-7 (7-3) 6-4 6-3.
Baker went down 6-1 6-3 to in-form American Mardy Fish in his first ATP Tour event and Bogdanovic lost 7-6 6-4 to experienced Russian Dmitry Tursunov.
Another home player in fine form was British number two James Ward , who took 10th seed Mardy Fish all the way in a gruelling five-set match.
Outside of the dominant top three of Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer, Murray and American Mardy Fish, now all the way up to seventh, are others to watch.
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But Federer is on course to become the first man to win the ATP championships six times after overcoming Mardy Fish 6-1 3-6 6-3 to eliminate the eighth-ranked American.
Seventh seed Marin Cilic edged out Marcos Baghdatis 6-3 6-4 while Mardy Fish -- who knocked out holder Andy Murray -- continued his fine form with a 7-5 6-3 win over Feliciano Lopez.
Federer had already qualified as Group B winner before beating Mardy Fish 6-1 3-6 6-3 in Thursday's opening match, handing the eighth-ranked American a third successive defeat in his debut at the tournament.
The U.S., who are without Andy Roddick or Mardy Fish, will look to the Bryan brothers (Bob and Mike) to edge them into the lead tomorrow as they face Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau.
He was joined in withdrawing from next week's event by former world number seven Mardy Fish, who is now ranked 41st in the world, and fellow American Brian Baker -- whose absences had been expected.
World No. 1 Roger Federer begins his bid for a record-equaling 17th Masters 1000 tournament victory against Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti on Saturday, while third seed and defending champion Andy Murray takes on American Mardy Fish.
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In other first-round matches, 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus beat American Mardy Fish 7-5 7-5 to earn a second round clash against fourth-seed Tomas Berdych, who beat Australian qualifier Nick Lindahl in straight sets.
Fifth seed Robin Soderling of Sweden progressed with a 6-0 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 victory over Chile's Fernando Gonzalez, while Mardy Fish of the U.S. was forced to retire while trailing 6-1 1-0 against 13th seed Mikhail Youzhny.
But 19th seed Mardy Fish , runner-up to Roger Federer in Cincinnati , recovered from a mid-match wobble to overcome Jan Hajek 6-0 3-6 4-6 6-0 6-1 and 23rd seed Feliciano Lopez beat Santiago Giraldo in straight sets.
The Flushing Meadows crowd had much to cheer about on Louis Armstrong as 19th seed Mardy Fish , a recent finalist at the Cincinnati Masters, fired 14 aces on his way to an impressive 7-5 6-0 6-2 win over Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas.
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Everyone seems like they've got their shot with Andy (Roddick) and Mardy (Fish) and James (Blake) and John, and so I feel like it's my turn now.
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