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Blake Falls to Tsonga, Roddick against Djokovic Tonight

Joe Samuel Starnes — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:56:36 +0000

James Blake lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets Monday night in Melbourne, losing 4-6, 4-6, 6-7 (3).

Andy Roddick goes up against No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic in a rematch of the contentious U.S. Open quarterfinal where Djokovic beat Roddick in four sets. The match is set to start not before 3 p.m. in Australia, meaning it could start on U.S. TV at 11 p.m. ET.

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Roddick and Blake Still Standing in Melbourne

Joe Samuel Starnes — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:06:03 +0000

With a courageous loss by Amer Delic and a disappointing showing by Mardy Fish, only Andy Roddick and James Blake remain of the American men in conention in the Australian Open.

Roddick sapped the magic from Fabrice Santoro, trouncing the Frenchman in straight sets to earn a spot in the final sixteen; James Blake goes tonight/tomorrow against Igor Andreev to join Roddick in the fourth round. Next up for Roddick on Saturday is Tommy Robredo. Roddick is on a path to meet Djokovic in the quarters, while Blake could see Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round and Andy Murray in the last eight.

Delic played a great match against No. 3 seed Djokovic, almost pushing it to five sets. It was the sixth match Delic played in Australia, counting three in the qualies, the last one of which he lost but got into the tournament on a lucky loser draw. Fish, seeded No. 23, lost to unseeded but ever dangerous Marcos Baghdatis, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.

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Roddick and Blake Running in Down-to-Wire Masters Cup Race

Joe Samuel Starnes — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:56:02 +0000

Andy Roddick and James Blake are playing the PNB Paribas Masters in Paris this week, fighting to win two of the three spots remaining in the draw of the year-end Masters Cup in Shanghai starting Nov. 9. Five players have already qualified. It’s a wide open race, with Roddick holding the most points of players yet to qualify, while Blake, at tenth place, has much ground to make up.

Here is a breakdown of the race from the Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai 2009 web site : “The Nos. 6-8 players are Andy Roddick with 369 points, Juan Martin del Potro (354) and Gilles Simon (341). Spaniard David Ferrer (338), who reached last year’s final in Shanghai, slipped from No. 7 to No. 9 and trails Simon by three points. Both del Potro and Simon passed Ferrer with semifinal results in Basel and Lyon, respectively.

Other players within reach are: No. 10 James Blake (310), No. 11 Stanislas Wawrinka (301), No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (290), No. 14/last year’s champion David Nalbandian (275), No. 15 Fernando Verdasco (268), No. 16 Gael Monfils (264) and No. 17 Robin Soderling (258). No. 13 Fernando Gonzalez withdrew from Paris.”

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American Men 1-4 on Wimbledon Day One

Joe Samuel Starnes — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:45:58 +0000

Acworth, Ga., resident Bobby Reynolds won the only match played by five unseeded American men on Wimbledon’s first day, beating Italian Fillippo Volandri who retired down 6-2, 6-2. Reynolds, who played his college tennis at Vanderbilt, will player the winner of David Nalbandian and Frank Dancevic.

Andy Roddick and James Blake, seeded 6 and 9 respectively, as well as five more unseeded Americans, play tomorrow or possibly Wednesday depending on the schedule of play to be announced.

Here are the losses of the unseeded Americans on Monday:

Robby Ginepri lost to Fernando Gonzalez in three tight sets, 7-6, 7-5, 7-5, falling to 0-5 against his Chilean nemesis.

Sam Querrey lost to Juan Carlos Ferrerro in four sets, winning the first 6-2, but then losing three in a row by a margin of 6-4.

In a rare ATP matchup of two 33-year-olds, wildcard Vince Spadea won the first two sets in tiebreakers but wasted his lead, losing to Swede Thomas Johannson in five sets.

Qualifier Kevin Kim, the lowest-ranked American in the draw at 181 in the word, lost to 41st-ranked Robin Soderling of Sweden in four sets with the odd score of 7-5, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4.

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