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Byline: Harvey Fialkov
Mar. 2--DELRAY BEACH -- With the flags flapping atop Stadium Court and the chilled spectators stomping their feet, a relieved Mardy Fish watched the lob attempt from game opponent Evgeny Korolev sail over the baseline on the fifth match point of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships final on Sunday. Fish thrust his arms in the air for several seconds, clearly relieved after successfully blunting the powerful ground strokes of the Russian qualifier by playing steady, intelligent tennis in a 7-5, 6-3 victory to win his third title, ending a three-year drought. He was just as thrilled to snap the 17-year tournament jinx in which …