Sallydaisy
31-05-2012, 01:50
He's a top 10 player - but he's been MIA since playing Houston in April.
This is why.
From ESPN:
Weeks after waking up in the middle of the night feeling ill, Mardy Fish is not certain when he'll return to the tennis tour and says he could miss the French Open.
The highest-ranked American is also still trying to figure out exactly why he felt the way he did.
"I'm doing OK. We're doing lots of tests to try to figure out what's going on and what went wrong," Fish said Tuesday in a telephone interview from California with The Associated Press. "It's sort of unclear as to how or why it happened yet, but we're trying to figure it out. It's not something I'm super comfortable talking about. It certainly was a scare."
Hours after losing a match at Key Biscayne, Fla., on March 29, the No. 9-ranked Fish went to be checked by a doctor, then saw another doctor the next day. The diagnosis was fatigue, and he was ordered to take some time off. He pulled out of the U.S. Davis Cup team's quarterfinal against France the following week.
"That was really devastating and disappointing to not be able to go there," Fish said. "If you know me, you know that it had to be something pretty significant."
Fish then returned briefly, losing his opening match at a tournament in Houston on April 12.
As for his upcoming schedule, Fish said he'd like to take part in the European clay-court circuit by entering the events at Madrid, starting May 6, and at Rome, starting May 13.
But he doesn't know whether he'll be able to participate there -- or if he'll make it to the year's second Grand Slam tournament, the French Open, which begins May 27.
Mardy Fish has pulled out of next week's World Team Cup in Dusseldorf and will be replaced by Ryan Harrison. Fish has been contending with an undefined illness and is questionable for Rolland Garros. The 11th-ranked American has not played since Houston in early April. He will be a groomsman at former playerr (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?p=12038785#) and TV analyst Justin Gimelstob's wedding this coming weekend.-link (http://tennis.com/articles/templates/ticker.aspx?articleid=17714&zoneid=6)
Mardy finally had his illness diagnosed as a heart issue.
He has had a procedure to take care of it.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tenni...art/55244236/1 (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/story/2012-05-28/mardy-fish-heart/55244236/1)
It felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest," Fish told USA TODAY Sports (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?p=12038785#) in a phone interview Sunday from his home in Los Angeles where he was recovering from a medical procedure on Wednesday, cardiac catheter ablation, to correct faulty wiring in his heart.
This is why.
From ESPN:
Weeks after waking up in the middle of the night feeling ill, Mardy Fish is not certain when he'll return to the tennis tour and says he could miss the French Open.
The highest-ranked American is also still trying to figure out exactly why he felt the way he did.
"I'm doing OK. We're doing lots of tests to try to figure out what's going on and what went wrong," Fish said Tuesday in a telephone interview from California with The Associated Press. "It's sort of unclear as to how or why it happened yet, but we're trying to figure it out. It's not something I'm super comfortable talking about. It certainly was a scare."
Hours after losing a match at Key Biscayne, Fla., on March 29, the No. 9-ranked Fish went to be checked by a doctor, then saw another doctor the next day. The diagnosis was fatigue, and he was ordered to take some time off. He pulled out of the U.S. Davis Cup team's quarterfinal against France the following week.
"That was really devastating and disappointing to not be able to go there," Fish said. "If you know me, you know that it had to be something pretty significant."
Fish then returned briefly, losing his opening match at a tournament in Houston on April 12.
As for his upcoming schedule, Fish said he'd like to take part in the European clay-court circuit by entering the events at Madrid, starting May 6, and at Rome, starting May 13.
But he doesn't know whether he'll be able to participate there -- or if he'll make it to the year's second Grand Slam tournament, the French Open, which begins May 27.
Mardy Fish has pulled out of next week's World Team Cup in Dusseldorf and will be replaced by Ryan Harrison. Fish has been contending with an undefined illness and is questionable for Rolland Garros. The 11th-ranked American has not played since Houston in early April. He will be a groomsman at former playerr (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?p=12038785#) and TV analyst Justin Gimelstob's wedding this coming weekend.-link (http://tennis.com/articles/templates/ticker.aspx?articleid=17714&zoneid=6)
Mardy finally had his illness diagnosed as a heart issue.
He has had a procedure to take care of it.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tenni...art/55244236/1 (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/story/2012-05-28/mardy-fish-heart/55244236/1)
It felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest," Fish told USA TODAY Sports (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?p=12038785#) in a phone interview Sunday from his home in Los Angeles where he was recovering from a medical procedure on Wednesday, cardiac catheter ablation, to correct faulty wiring in his heart.