Sports Briefing | Tennis: Blake Manages to Advance
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James Blake struggled yesterday but advanced to the final of the ATP Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, defeating Hyung-Taik Lee of South Korea, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.âAlmost never on tour does a match go according to plan,â Blake said. âYou get a little frustrated. But at 27, Iâm better at not letting a little frustration turn into a big frustration.âBlake will face the winner the late semifinal between the unseeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic and the wild card Nicolas Kiefer of Germany.
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James Blake certainly had his chances to avoid another fifth-set disappointment. Seven times, he was two points away from victory Monday at the U.S. Open. Three times, he was a single point away.
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Andy Roddick overcame some frustrating lapses before advancing to the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-1 win Monday over German qualifier Philipp Kohlschreiber.
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Another Australian Open begins on Monday, and James Blake, despite all recent evidence to the contrary, still considers himself lucky.
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DELRAY BEACH, FLA. - Top-seeded Vincent Spadea beat James Blake 6-3, 6-1 Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Millennium International Tennis Championships.
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James Blake beats Ivan Ljubicic to win the Thailand Open final while Andy Murray and his brother lose in the doubles.
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BASEL, Switzerland  - Fourth seed James Blake could not find a way past towering Croatian Ivo Karlovic at the Swiss Indoors on Thursday, losing their second round encounter 4-6 7-6 6-4.
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The unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek upset the tournament favorite James Blake, 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-2, to clinch his second ATP title at the Los Angeles Classic yesterday. Stepanek broke the second-seeded Blake twice in the final set to seal victory in 2 hours 20 minutes at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Stepanek took a medical timeout late in the match to have treatment on his left hamstring.
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James Blake and Thomas Berdych advanced to the second round of the Gerry Weber Open on Monday.
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52 minutes at the office SAP Open James Blake pushed aside Russian Igor Kunitsyn during two uneventful sets tonight here at the SAP Open.â¦
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James Blake lost to Tomas Berdych 6-1, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 Friday, leaving the United States tied 1-1 with the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup.
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INDIAN WELLS, California  - Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick and Andy Murray reached the fourth round but sixth seed James Blake was knocked out of the Pacific Life Open on Monday.
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DELRAY BEACH, Florida  - Top seed James Blake beat fellow American Robert Kendrick 7-5 7-5 in their rain-delayed first-round match at the Delray Beach International on Wednesday.
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After losing to Roger Federer in the semifinals, James Blake shows nothing but admiration for his opponent, calling him the best.
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NEW YORK -- So much for James Blake's success in five-setters. With his rowdy fans pleading for him to put it away, Blake missed on three match points and wound up losing to No. 10 Tommy Haas 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (4) Monday at the U.S. Open.
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Reigning champion Roger Federer takes on James Blake for a place in the Australian Open semi-finals.
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Second-seeded American James Blake eased through to the semi-finals of the Los Angeles Classic on Friday, but former world number one Marat Safin was knocked out by South Korea's Lee Hyung-taik.