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Historical significance behind Blake's win

By Bonnie DeSimone
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, April 7, 2007

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A father's presence was keenly missed by his wife and two sons Friday afternoon in the Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum, but there were lots of extended family members on hand to see James Blake's return to form. The last time the Blakes gathered in this arena was in 2001, when James played and won his first-ever Davis Cup match against distinguished veteran Leander Paes of India. James was two years removed from Harvard, a skinny bundle of nerves who still w ...

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