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 | Dusseldorf, Germany - James Blake rehabilitated his clay- court game on Tuesday as the French Open countdown began, sending the US into a 1-0 led over Argentina at the ARAG World Team Cup. But the South Americans levelled to bring on a deciding doubl... |
Dusseldorf, Germany - James Blake rehabilitated his clay- court game on Tuesday as the French Open countdown began, sending the US into a 1-0 led over Argentina at the ARAG World Team Cup. But the South Americans levelled to bring on a deciding doubles rubber on Wednesday, with Juan Chela defeating Wayne Odesnik 7-5, 6- 1. Sweden secured an unbeatable 2-0 scoreline over the Czech Republic through Robin Soderling and Thomas Johansson. Soderling began the day as he beat Tomas Berdych 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 while the veteran Johansson ended it 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), holding off a fightback from Michal Tabara. Wednesdays doubles will be for pride with the Red group tie now decided. World number eight Blake recovered nicely after losing his opening singles this week against Berdych to come good on his second opportunity at the eight-nation event. His defeat of demoralised Guillermo Canas 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 paved the way for substitute teammate Wayne Odesnik to hopefully seize control of the tie when he faced Juan Chela later. "I felt pretty confident to beat a guy like Canas, who makes you work hard on every single point," said Blake. "Today I played some of my best tennis. "I was patient when I needed to be and went for the shots, kept the pressure on him. I had to earn almost every point out there."Blake went through on his after saving a pair of break points in the last game which left Canas flinging his racket to the clay in despair after just over 90 minutes. Philipp Kohlschreiber put host Germany into control with a win over Italys Potito Starace 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), coming from 1-5 down in the second set. "I just wanted it too much and made a lot of mistakes and took a lot of bad decisions," said the national number one. "I got frustrated but then forgot and things got better. "I have beaten a good play player. We won the first tie in our group and that whets the appetite."The confrontation will be concluded on Wednesday, when Nicolas Kiefer is set to return against Simone Bolelli after missing the first tie through illness. Both the US and Germany have lifted the trophy on four occasions at the event considered a top tune-up for the French Open which begins on Sunday. Blake stands 2-0 over the 30th-ranked Canas, who beat Roger Federer back-to-back on hardcourt in 2007 but has never duplicated that level of play. Blake, 28, is playing Duesseldorf for the fifth time, improving his singles record at the Rochusclub to 3-7. He leads a team missing Andy Roddick as the former number withdrew from Roland Garros with an existing shoulder and back injury as well as the number one doubles pair, the exhausted Bryan brothers. David Ferrer gave Spain the edge as he opened a tie against Russia with a win over Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-3. |
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