The rising tide of young American players
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...on the reef at low tide, no matter how much Andy Roddick, with periodic help from James Blake, has tried to push and pole the craft free. But when youngsters John Isner, Sam Querrey...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 28, 2009Blake disappoints enthusiastic Birmingham crowd
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...nation hero, beset by Davis Cup hee-bee jee-bees, goes down in flames, the way James Blake did in the first match of the U.S. vs. Switzerland tie that started at the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 07, 2009Reason to celebrate in San Jose
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...men are now lodged in the quarterfinals of the SAP Open in San Jose: Andy Roddick, James Blake, Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey and Todd Widom. Wait, there's more good news! Widom's unexpected...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 13, 2009U.S. women's tennis hitting a slump
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Reynolds et al.) doing a little damage here and there in support of Andy Roddick and James Blake. Nobody has been affected more profoundly by the globalization of the game than the U.S...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 06, 2009Simon inconspicuously making his move
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...last week at No. 12 in the race for Shanghai, with many of the usual suspects -- James Blake, David Nalbandian, Nikolay Davydenko, to name a few -- more or less dawdling or marking time. Not...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2008Querrey, Del Potro stand out in Davis Cup
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...facing for the 2009 World Group campaign. It boils down to this: Does McEnroe stick with James Blake, who's served with distinction (he's 17-8 in singles and a surprising 4-4...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2008Davis Cup good chance for Querrey
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Davis Cup enthusiasm. This situation, though, is significantly different. By choosing to tap Querrey to replace James Blake (who opted out, citing fatigue), U.S. captain Patrick McEnroe made a wise move. In Lyon...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2008Spain's shining star in Beijing
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...feeling in the nerve endings of his right hand during his match with the USA's James Blake. And Gonzalez probably ranks right behind Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as a hard-court threat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2008Don't let the rankings fool you
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comIf you dared to compare tennis to NASCAR, a certain kind of tennis fan would swoon and you'd have to catch him before he hit the ground (on second tho...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2008How far can the French fly?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...with a right shoulder injury -- gave American fans plenty of reasons to feel optimistic. There was James Blake, the U.S. No. 2 and the No. 7 seed, grinding out a solid, promising first...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 30, 2008It's the luck of the draw
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Jankovic -- all ended up in the same half of the draw. On the men's side, James Blake, Fernando Gonzalez and Tommy Robredo, all might have been drawn as Federer's potential quarterfinal opponent...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2008Thrown into the deep end
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comMarel Ganollers-Pujol celebrated his big upset of James Blake in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston yesterday by flinging himself into...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2008Beware France
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...this is a different U.S. team (Roddick has proved himself a true money player, and James Blake seems to have gotten over the hump), this weekend demonstrated that France is a different club...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 11, 2008Stocking stuffers
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Nalbandian: Six-pack abs to replace the keg he was lugging around most of last year. James Blake: A mean streak. Tommy Haas: a Grand Slam title. Marcos Baghdatis: A map leading him back...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2007Gap closed on Fed in 2007
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comWell, it's official; there's nothing left to look forward to in pro tennis until the start of the new year. The good news is that the new year is less...
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