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 was fun to compete; I generally don't have a lot of fun losing, but this was a whole lot of fun playing. This is incredible.
It was exciting for me to go farther than I ever have in a grand slam,
It was impressive to watch him on the courts of the French Open, ... Let's hope it is different here in New York.
Then you get to come, basically, home. It's a great feeling before the Open.
A lot of the vocal music I've been doing recently has been quite clubby. But that's mainly because I've had more time to go to clubs, and that normally breeds that kind of influence.
We know what's at stake. If we don't win this match, we can't win the Davis Cup next year.
Wow ... that would be something. I?d think we?d need to hold a big party at Fairfield High. It would be huge.
Whether I win or lose, it's nice to be able to give it my best.
What I actually thought of then, ... was the tape that's replayed about five million times every time there's a rain delay here at the Open, when Jimmy Connors says, 'This is what they came for; this is what we'll give them.'
Unfortunately my down was pretty far down, but it makes you appreciate the ups a lot more,
I know I'm not in a Hollywood script, otherwise I probably would have won a lot more this year. I've always known I had a chance to go deep in a major or go and win a tournament and play with these guys because I can put together a good set here, a good match there. I don't think of it as fate or anything. I think it's a lot of hard work.
I know if I were in the stands, I'd be cheering for him, too, ... Because he's a great champion in every sense of the word.
I know I won't be able to enjoy my title too much,
I heard the Blake chant and I decided mentally I'd start the match over. I would try to dictate more points because playing defense clearly wasn't working.