Sports | tennis No. 1 Federer Can't Catch Slippery Fish No. 98 player beats star in little more than an hour By Mitch Pritchard Posted Mar 22, 2008 9:55 PM CDT Copied Mardy Fish celebrates after winning a point during his 6-3, 6-2 win against Roger Federer, of Switzerland, in the semifinals of the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif. today. (AP Photo/Mark Avery) No. 1 Roger Federer was involved in a semifinal match in the Pacific Life Open today that lasted barely more than an hour. That was no surprise. What was shocking was that it was Federer who lost: 6-3, 6-2 to No. 98 Mardy Fish. The defeat at Indian Wells put an end to the world top-ranked player's streak of 41 straight wins over Americans, reports the Los Angeles Times. "This wasn't obviously Roger's best day, but hopefully I had a little something to do with that," Fish said. He will play No. 3 Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the finals tomorrow. Fish hit 26 winners compared to 14 for Federer, and jumped out 3-0 in the first set and 3-1 in the second. Fish had won one set from Federer in five previous matches. Read These Next Doctor left her Alaskan cruise and never returned. Trump "never heard" that "shylocks" is offensive. At least 13 people are dead in Texas flooding. Kyiv was subjected to 7 hours of 'terror.' Report an error