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Blake, once spurned by Dunlop, signs with Prince

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Thursday, December 8, 2005

It doesn't pay to doubt James Blake. Dunlop has learned that lesson. James Blake's Surge Date Rank July 11 110 Aug. 15 70 Aug. 29 49 Oct 10 33 Dec. 5 24 The racket maker signed him when he turned pro in 1999 and extended their deal with him again in 2002. But when Blake fell out of the top 100 last year, Dunlop executives exercised their option to dump him so that they wouldn't have to pay him top dollar. By the time he won the Pilot Pen in August, ...

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