James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blakeis an American retired professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. During his career, Blake had amassed 24 singles finals appearances, while his career-high singles ranking was World No. 4. His career highlights included reaching the final of the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup, the semifinals of the Beijing Olympics and the quarterfinals of the Australian Openand US Open, as well as being the former American No. 1. His two titles for the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth28 December 1979
CountryUnited States of America
It's great to know I can succeed here, half the (ATP) tour is here in Europe,
It's pretty memorable, to beat these two brothers in the same tournament. I don't know if anyone has done that before. Olivier must have had a pretty good report from his brother.
It's pretty crazy. It means I'm playing great tennis.
It's pretty amazing to me because I was a wild card getting in here.
It's a good feeling when they're on your side. We travel the world, so it's very seldom that we're in our home town.
It's a great feeling just to come out and be healthy,
It really surprises me that people in this day and age still write such busy music and fill up every space with layer upon layer of sound... it's like musical landfill.
It's not easy to play against him. I'm just happy to get finally get a win against him. He's one of the best players of all-time.
It's a lot of fun, ... Just being home, staying in my own bed, being around so many friends, people that go way back ... it's something that's very rare on tour. To be back so close to my hometown is a great feeling.
Its always a bit tricky to play someone you have never played,
It makes it so much easier to be home,
They're going to have fun whether I win or lose, ... and that takes a lot of pressure off me.
It wasn't the cleanest of matches to be perfectly honest, but luckily five minutes after it's over it doesn't matter if it was the best performance you ever put on or you just scraped by. A win's a win. I'm allowed to play in the third round.
It was definitely unfortunate. He gave it his all. He did everything he could to win that match.