Mardy Fish opened the final tournament of his career with a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Marco Cecchinato on Monday at the United States Open.
The match took 2 hours 52 minutes, a relative marathon for Fish, who has played only four singles matches this year.
Fish, a 33-year-old American once ranked seventh in the world, has missed most of the last three years because of anxiety problems.
“I haven’t played for three hours very long or very often,” he said, adding, “I haven’t hit tennis balls for three hours in practice at all.