There was the brief flap with his opponent, 11th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and the chair umpire over some distracting cheering in the stands.
There were the aching right hip and hamstring that left Fish flat on his back, getting massaged by a trainer before the fifth set.
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There was the pressure of knowing that he was, for the first time, the highest-ranked American at the country's Grand Slam tennis tournament.
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