MELBOURNE PARK, Australia – Mardy Fish became the first major upset victim in the men’s draw. The eighth seeded American committed 58 unforced errors in his 7-6(4), 6-3,7-6(6) loss to Colombia’s Alejandro Falla.
“Didn’t play great, ” said Fish. You know, he played well. Made a lot of errors. You know, conditions are about as ideal for me as I would have liked as far as the second and third set, heat and stuff.
“Just didn’t work out. You know, couple tiebreakers that I won last year, you know, most of those. Played good when he needed to.
” You know, that’s it. Third set obviously pretty important knowing that he’s struggling, I guess. Maybe not. Maybe that was a ploy. I don’t know.  “Didn’t seem like he was having too much trouble during the point. So it was a good tactic on his part.”
Falla will face next Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round.