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James Blake - News and More
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- Nationality: USA (United States of America)
- Birthdate: December 28, 1979
- Birthplace: Yonkers, New York, USA
- Residence: Tampa, Florida, USA
- Turned Pro: 1999
- Plays: Right-handed
- 2009 Ranking: 44
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| Full name is James Riley Blake...Began playing tennis at age five with older brother, Thomas (born Dec. 29, 1976), a former All-American at Harvard University, ... Read Full Bio |
Our Scouting Report
Strengths: Big forehand; excellent return of serve; speed
Weaknesses: Decision making; nerves; trouble closing out matches
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| Poll: Who Will be the Next American to Win Their First Grand Slam? |
| now in a greater capacity. ADHERER
To be upfront I am not a Federer or Nadal fan by any stretch. I prefer the American players Andy Roddick, James Blake, John Isner, Sam Q and rest of RWB (red, white & blue). But I do respect the games of Roger and Rafael.
Whom do I hate? If I’m here long eno... |
2010-02-08
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| Roddick Leads San Jose, Djokovic in Rotterdam; ATP Previews |
| Mikhail Youzhny, Ivan Ljubicic, Viktor Troicki
Floaters: Julien "United Colors of" Benneteau, Jurgen "Tuna" Melzer, Marcos Baghdatis, James Blake, Feliciano "F-Lo" Lopez
Notes: (2) Davydenko opens against F-Lo, who is fresh off his Jo-Burg title on Sunday; other openers of interest are (7) L... |
2010-02-07
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| Patient Roddick Survives in Five, Del Potro Doesn't at Australian Open |
| ng up early for!
The match wasn’t the only five-setter on the day. After a couple of four set battles and one epic five setter against James Blake, Juan Martin Del Potro’s body and effort just wasn’t good enough for the what looked to be a fresher Marin Cilic. The 21-year-old Croat w... |
2010-01-24
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| Federer, Djokovic, Serena Steamroll on Snoozer Saturday at the Australian Open |
| es in four sets. Entering this match both have looked a little sluggish. Cilic was packing his bags the other night against Bernard Tomic while James Blake had DelPo on the ropes in a five-set thriller. They each scraped through four-setters in their last round. But for some reason in this test of 21-yea... |
2010-01-23
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| Federer Finds Form in Front of Prince William, Serena Dominant at Australian Open |
| or if it’s just spin. That being said, I’d love to see Roddick and DelPo hook up in the quarterfinals. Delpo’s effort against James Blake was massive. Injured or not, the guy is simply a beast and he’s just 21. For me though maybe Fernando Gonzalez becomes the guy if DelPo really ... |
2010-01-21
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| Juan Martin del Potro Interview - Australian Open, Jan 20 |
| s compare with the other five‑setters you played?
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO: I don't know. The time was similar, I think. I play different player. Blake is too fast. He play very strong with his forehand. He never miss easy points, easy forehand.
It's very difficult to keep trying, keep going. You ha... |
2010-01-20
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| Roger Federer Interview - US Open, Sept 14 |
| f González's forehand. Who are the others, the better ones?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, his is different. I don't know if I could put it up to González and Blake and Nadal. He's got a very good forehand, but I don't know if it's the best in the world right now. I don't think so. But it doesn't matter. He won t... |
2009-09-15
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| Roger Federer Interview - US Open, Sept 5 |
| o well and maybe win the tournament.I'm not really aiming for semis right now. I'm aiming to win the next round. That's going to be tough enough with Blake or Robredo.
Q. If it is James Blake, how would you describe James as a person and James as a tennis player?ROGER FEDERER: Well, I think he's very fl... |
2009-09-06
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apparite Says:
Hi nice lookin'. An inspration as usual with the 'matches'. May God bless, stay tough..
Posted on July 8, 2009 at 13:00 ET