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Impressive Blake gets Federer in quarters

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

NEW YORK -- In the crucible of the fifth and ultimate set, where conditioning and confidence rule, James Blake and Tomas Berdych are at opposite ends of the spectrum that defines grace under pressure. Heading into Wednesday's round-of-16 match at the U.S. Open, they had each gone the distance nine times, but Berdych was 9-0 and Blake was 0-9 -- the best and tied for worst five-set records in the Open Era. That is a heavy, heavy number, and maybe it's why Blake came out swinging with an el ...

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