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
I'm grown up and I'm realizing that you can be a man and still cry. There are some things that you can't control. Emotions take you over. I mean, if anyone, if any guy, went through what I went through and didn't cry at his dad's funeral, I'd probably question that person.
I'm definitely flattered and humbled any time I can put my name in the same sentence with Arthur Ashe. That's something that is always an accomplishment to me. He's a role model for more than just tennis players, I think.
I?m really good friends with Kevin, his little brother who is my age, we go way back ... So I always want to see how J.J. is doing. I?m really proud of him and it?s fun to see Fairfield High kids doing so well.
In terms of writing more club tracks, writing more electronically influenced - I feel like it was all electronically influenced, but now that influence has come to me in a different way.
I generally try to worry about my side of the court, the things I can control. I feel like I've done a much better job of that now, having kind of different perspective on the game.
I'm riding a wave of confidence, and hopefully it will continue here. These guys are here to help me, and I'm here to help them, so we've got a pretty confident team overall.
The commercialization of dubstep isn't something I'm part of.
Andre's really a true gentleman, one of the friendliest guys in the locker room, ... (He's) got everything you can dream of, but he still knows how to treat people. And that's something I really admire. He's someone you can tell your kids to look up to and be proud of.
Andre has gotten the better of (Robby). But Robby is a much smarter player now. I would like to think I might have taken something out of Andre's legs (Wednesday night).
Andre has gotten the better of (Robby), ... But Robby is a much smarter player now. I would like to think I might have taken something out of Andre's legs (Wednesday night).
And I think the fans, as he gets closer and closer to history, will appreciate it more and more.
This is a great exclamation point. But in my mind, I've been back,
Along with a couple of mistakes by me at the end of that first set, he really picked his level up and played unbelievably, put pressure on all my service games, was kind of cruising on his.
All I think about is the fact that I need to do everything I can to win each game, because it's not, you know, a social game. It's not a country-club game where we're going to go have tea and cookies afterwards. We're doing this for a living, trying to win. That's my goal. It's not to embarrass anyone, it's to go out and win.