Archive for category: James Blake
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Monfils and Blake through to second round at Moselle Open in Metz
James Blake and three French players, Gaël Monfils, Benoit Paire, and Vincent Millot progressed into the second round of Moselle Open in Metz. None of their opponents extended the match into three sets. Seventh seed French Monfils, who conquered Metz in 2009, is staying in competition at this year’s Moselle [...] -
Raonic beats Blake and faces Murray in fourth round of US Open
Fifteenth seed Milos Raonic storms past James Blake in a three-setter and sets up a fourth round US Open match against Olympic champion Murray. Rising star Raonic humbled experienced American Blake in straight sets. Former number four Blake reached two US Open quarterfinals when he was at his prime, but [...] -
US Open Round One: Nishikori Through Easily, Blake and Granollers will Meet in R2
Kei Nishikori defeats Guido Andreozzi, 6-1 6-2 6-4 Kei Nishikori gets early break over the 21-year old Argentinean Guido Andreozzi, who is ranked no. 222 in the world and playing at his first Grand Slam. Andreozzi had qualified for the USO and has had a solid season on the Challenger [...] -
Roddick eliminates Blake in Winston-Salem, Goffin ousts Troicki
Fifth seed Andy Roddick won the battle of the Americans as he overcame James Blake in two identical sets 7-6 (6) 7-6 (6) to make it to the third round of the Winston-Salem Open. Blake broke Roddick very early on in the match, but the former world no.1 and US [...] -
American wild cards Blake and Harrison through to second round at Winston-Salem
Wild card holders James Blake and Ryan Harrison made it safely through to the second round of the Winston-Salem Open. Blake fired seven aces on his way to victory against the Spaniard Albert Ramos, prevailing in straight sets 6-4 6-3. Next up for the American will his countryman and no.5 [...] -
Nishikori, Raonic Rally from Behind to Advance into 3rd Round in Cincy
14th seed Kei Nishikori was forced to battle back from a set down against American wildcard James Blake in the second round of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio. Struggling on his serve in the opening set, the 32-year old Blake was able to break twice to take [...] -
Resurgents Blake and Hewitt given US Open Wild Cards
2001 US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt and 106th ranked James Blake have been confirmed as wild card entrants for this year’s Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows by the USTA (United States Tennis Association). Both Hewitt and Blake have enjoyed something of a career revival this tennis season, and as such [...] -
American Wildcards Blake and Baker Survive 1st Round in Cincy
Wildcard Brian Baker overcame two tight sets to pull an upset and defeat the 15th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. With little between the two players, Baker was able to come through when it counted, winning both sets in tiebreakers. The American’s career was halted for 5 years due to injury and [...] -
Blake out of Houston, Querrey wins
James Blake lost his first round match at the Houston Men’s clay court Championships against the sixth seed Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 4-6 6-2 1-6. Despite Berlocq suffering from a calf injury and needing a treatment in the second set, the Argentine managed to recover quickly. After losing the second [...] -
Davydenko beats Blake, Bellucci loses in Miami
Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat the American James Blake in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami 4-6 6-4 6-4. Davydenko, who won the title here in 2008, defeating Nadal in the final, will meet the Indian Wells finalist John Isner in round two. The Brazilian Thomaz [...] -
Nalbandian,Dimitrov,Nieminen advance into Stockholm QFs
David Nalbandian of Argentina cruised into the Stockholm Open quarterfinals as he only dropped two games to beat Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-1, 6-1. He will now play James Blake, who ousted second seed Del Potro of Argentina. In other second round matches, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria defeated fourth seed [...] -
Blake upsets del Potro at Stockholm Open
American James Blake found his old form as he upset second seed Juan Martin del Potro in their second round match in Stockholm, beating him 6-4, 6-4 and moving into the quarterfinals. The 69th ranked Blake has won this tournament on two previous occasions, in 2005 and 2006. He hasn’t [...] -
Tomic, Dimitrov first round wins at Stockholm Open
Youngster Bernard Tomic of Australia won his first round match at the Stockholm Open after defeating qualifier Jurgen Zopp of Estonia 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-0. 18 year old Tomic is currently ranked 44 and he is the youngest ever player in the ATP Top 50. The Australian set up a second round encounter [...]
