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Qualifier stuns Blake in straight sets

Associated Press

Monday, April 27, 2009

ROME -- James Blake struggled with the windy conditions and lost to Romanian qualifier Victor Crivoi 7-5, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Rome Masters. Blake lost the opening five games against the 112th-ranked Crivoi, rallied to make it 5-5 -- saving three set points along the way -- then was broken at love to end the first set. "He might have gotten a little nervous trying to close out the first set, and I didn't put any pressure on him," Blake said. "I wasn't attacking, and when I trie ...

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