WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Mardy Fish of the United States reached the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time when his opponent quit in the fourth set because of injuries.
The 10th-seeded Fish was leading 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 1-1 Saturday when 58th-ranked Robin Haase of the Netherlands retired.
Fish is the last U.S. man left in the tournament.
He saved all three break points he faced and won 41 of 53 points he played at the net. Fish accumulated 20 break points on Haase’s serve, converting three.
Fish will play 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic for a quarterfinal berth. Berdych eliminated Alex Bogomolov Jr. of the United States 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 in the third round.
Haase said he hurt his right knee when he slipped during his second-round match against Fernando Verdasco, and that knee had a buildup of fluid. But Haase also explained that knee wasn’t the problem against Fish.
“The reason why I gave up now was everything else was hurting me—my legs, back, other knee—except for the knee where the fluid is in,” Haase said.
“In my head, I couldn’t play probably anymore,” Haase continued, “because I was scared to injure something else.”