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Fish ousts fifth seed Moya Posted: Wednesday January 15, 2003 6:42 AMMELBOURNE (Reuters) -- Fifth seed Carlos Moya became the highest-ranked casualty in the men's draw after he was beaten 3-6 7-6 6-4 4-6 6-2 by Mardy Fish in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday. The Spaniard, runner-up in Melbourne to Pete Sampras in 1997, lost to Fish for the second time in eight days. Moya suffered the same fate in the second round of the Sydney International last week. Moya has now failed to make it past the third round in his last seven grand slam appearances. The 1998 French Open champion took the opening set comfortably but dropped the second 10-8 on a tiebreak and continued to struggle with his game in the third. The 26-year-old hauled himself back into the match by taking the fourth set 6-4 but Fish broke twice in the decider to close out the match in just under three hours. Copyright 2003 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. |
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