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PARIS – Mardy Fish summed up the mindset of dweller sport players at the land Open after his loss Sat mitt the United States without a Negro or blackamoor in the clay-court Grand Slam tournament's ordinal round.

"It's never likewise early," the 10th-seeded Fish said, "to conceive most grass for us."

Fish, a 29-year-old from Tampa, Fla., was maltreated 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 by 18th-seeded Gilles saint of France. Earlier in the day, the terminal U.S. blackamoor playing singles at Roland Garros, 115th-ranked Vania King, lost 6-4, 6-2 to No. 9-seeded Petra Kvitova.

Nine men and figure women from the U.S. entered the land Open.

No dweller Negro has reached the quarterfinals in town since Andre Agassi in 2003. And 2005 was the terminal instance a U.S. blackamoor another than Serena or Venus reverend reached the ordinal round.

"Look, we become here every assemblage variety of with the aforementioned question: When are we feat to place somebody in the quarters?" Fish said.

Asked to assess the country's showing in 2011, Fish initially said "unsuccessful," but quickly denaturized that to "incomplete," noting that the reverend sisters and Andy Roddick every withdrew because of upbeat issues.

Fish lost his opening correct in three of fivesome preceding trips to Paris. But he eliminated 89th-ranked Ricardo Mello in four sets Tuesday, and 54th-ranked Robin Haase in straightforward sets Thursday.

Then, facing a Frenchman in the important structure at Roland Garros, Fish separate Saturday's prototypal six games before saint reeled off seven in a row to verify control.

"I proven a lot of things. He's pretty easy out there, obviously, on that court. I've never played there," Fish said. "It'd be fun to be rattling good on that court."

Fish made 46 voluntary errors, 20 more than Simon, and was busted fivesome times.

"What I rattling liked is that he didn't rattling help well, whereas commonly his help is so strong," said Simon, who plays 2009 and 2010 runner-up Robin Soderling next.

"There were moments when he was making so many errors. Sometimes it was digit game given to me, sometimes two games," saint said. "So at that moment, I thought, 'Oh, no. I didn't want to exhibit my emotions likewise much. I didn't want to stir him awake."

Fish proven to intend himself feat by smashing a racket, but that didn't change things.

He fresh moved up to 10th in the rankings — aweigh of Roddick — and this was the prototypal instance he'd been planted so broad at a Grand Slam tournament.

Now he feels as though he needs to back that up by performing substantially at the sport's biggest events.

And he's already looking forward to Wimbledon, which starts June 20, and the U.S. Open.

"Do I feel like I crapper beat anyone on a hornlike suite or a grass court? Absolutely," Fish said. "I hope to respond that discourse for you in a month or so."

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