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A new day for James Blake

By Whit Sheppard
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, June 2, 2006

PARIS -- What a difference a day makes, if your name's James Blake. For that matter, what a difference a year makes. Blake, 26, the No. 8 seed here, personally saw to it Friday that the U.S. men's contingent had a representative in the third round of the French Open -- which has been the case on all but one occasion in Grand Slam play in the Open era -- with a resounding 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 weather-delayed win over Spanish clay-court ace Nicolas Almagro. The match had started shortly be ...

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