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 going to be a great match. We've had some great battles over the years, hopefully I can come out on top this time.
I've got to start talking to somebody about getting some better draws, ... I always see it as an opportunity. I expect really high-level tennis on Saturday. I couldn't quite break through those times, but maybe this time will be different.
I've found the happy medium. I've been too relaxed, too hyper, used up too much nervous energy,
It was one of those days where everything was going in, ... I felt like I was able to dictate. He didn't get many free points on his serve, but I was able to get some on mine.
It was one of those days where everything was going in.
It was one of those days where everything seemed to be going in, ... That?s a good feeling once you get a little bit of confidence in the beginning and then just keep rolling.
It was one of those days when he is playing well and he is getting the breaks. Things tend to feel like they are snowballing.
I want to go out there and find out how good I am playing my own game.
I wanted to make sounds that I'd never heard before.
I want everybody to tune in, ... people who are tennis fans and people who aren't tennis fans, and we'll give them a good show and do it the right way.
It took a while for the fans to warm to Pete Sampras,
That's always what I've wanted people. That's the kind of respect I want,
They're going to have fun whether I win or lose, ... and that takes a lot of pressure off me.
It will definitely be fun if I get a chance to play him. We have some sort of a history in the fact that we've had a few five-setters, some really close matches.