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 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,
It's like we are up 1-0 going into every tie.
It's going to take time because no matter how good you are or how hard you've worked, there's no substitute for playing matches. I think he needs to get a few matches in, and then once he gets a little bit of confidence in match play, I think he's going to get that ranking right back up there.
It's going to be a great match. We've had some great battles over the years, hopefully I can come out on top this time.
It was definitely unfortunate. He gave it his all. He did everything he could to win that match.
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.
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,
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