Sports Briefing | Tennis: Stepanek Upsets Blake
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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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It's the match everyone wants to see. With Andy Roddick rediscovering his game, and top seed Roger Federer looking slightly vulnerable in his four-set win over James Blake Thursday night, there's a chance for a Roddick-Federer men's title match to be the showcase event -- with apologies to Andre Agassi and Marcos Baghdatis -- of the two-week ...
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Mikhail Youzhny beat James Blake 7-5 1-6   6-1 7-5 in the second singles to give Russia a commanding 2-0   lead against the United States in their Davis Cup semi-final on   Friday.
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Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori stunned American top seed James Blake 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday to win the ATP title here.
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The way Roger Federer is dominating men's tennis, Grand Slam titles and the No. 1 ranking seem to be out of reach for Andy Roddick and James Blake.
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James Blake has been as hot as any competitor at the Australian Open, but now he's facing the toughest task imaginable: a quarterfinal against champion Roger Federer.
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Three times former champion Andy Roddick put the dark days of clay behind him on Tuesday to record a confident and comfortable 6-4 6-4 second-round victory over Radek Stepanek on the grass at Queen's.
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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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MELBOURNE &#151; James Blake&#146;s reward for reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals for the first time? A meeting with the most dominant player of his era.
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World number four Andy Roddick and number six James Blake will once again spearhead U.S. Davis Cup efforts after being named to the squad on Wednesday that will face the Czech Republic in a first-round tie.
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Roger Federer overwhelmed James Blake, claiming his third Masters Cup title 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday's championship match.
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Third-seeded James Blake breezed to a 6-1, 6-2 victory Wednesday over wild-card Marin Cilic to advance to the second round of the Thailand Open.
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On the men&#39;s side, top-seeded Marat Safin was upset by Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 6-3. Stepanek, No.
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Top seed James Blake missed out on a place in the quarter-finals of the Las Vegas Open on Thursday thanks to a bizarre quirk of the round-robin system being trialled on the men's tour.
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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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Three-times former champion Andy Roddick put the dark days of clay behind him on Tuesday to record a confident 6-4 6-4 second-round victory over Radek Stepanek on the grass at Queen's.
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Andy Roddick came through on a day James Blake picked a bad time to end two winning streaks.