AsthetopU.S. playerAndyRoddickwasoustedinthesecondroundadayearlier, the 28-year-oldMinnesotanativeMardyFishwasonhiswaytobeingrememberedforsomethingfarmoresignificantatFlushingMeadow.
FishdispatchedUruguay'sPabloCuevasinstraightsets 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 infrontofaraucous, pro-AmericancrowdatLouisArmstrongStadiumonThursday, intothelast 32, posingadeepruninthe 2010 USOpen.
"ThisisthespotthatIwanttobein," saidFish. "Youwanttobethefavoriteandwinningalot."
Fish, potentiallythebestAmericanleftinthemen'sfieldafterAndyRoddick'sshockingsecondrounddefeat, cruisedtovictoryafterarelativelysluggishstart.
TheonlytroublehehadwithCuevaswasaback-and-forthfirstset, whichsawthenumber 19 seedrallyfromtwobreaksdowntotaketheset 7-5.
Cuevas, likefirstroundloserJanHajektoFish, hadbeenstrugglingtoanswerforFish'spowerfulserve, whichtoppedoutat 134 mph. WheneverFishfoundhimselfintrouble, hewouldreachbackandfindanaceuphissleeve, 14 ofthemtobeexact.
"Youknow, hestartedoutgreat, reallysortofuncharacteristictowhatIthoughthewasgoingtoplaylike," saidFishofthe 24-year-oldCuevas.
"Ineverplayedhim, practicedwithhim, playedhimindoubles, noneofthat, orseenhimplayallthatmuch."
"Iknewhewassortofatypicalslowcourtplayer, andhetooktothehardcourtsreallywellinthebeginning. Iwassortofsurprisedhowaggressivehewasplaying. SoIkindoffoughthardtostayjustabreakdown, tobehonest, inthatfirstset."
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