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...nearly so easy for Key is battling the formidable Cullen. (Facing the Finance Minister in Parliament, says Key, "is like playing Andre Agassi at tennis every week. It improves your game enormously.") In a TVNZ studio, during a debate between eight economics spokesmen, Cullen is itching to get involved, like a burly rugby breakaway hoping to crunch a small ball carrier if he would only dare to come his side of the ruck. Perky, motor-mouthed Cullen hints at Key's hidden agenda to cut public services and reprise the scorched-earth policies of former financial warriors Roger Douglas...
...Roddick and his grating mojo can go party all night. Either Agassi, playing in his 20th, and given his brittle back, possible final Open, or the underdog Blake will slide into the semifinals. And with a pair of solid but not scary opponents, the 8th-seeded Guillermo Coria, of Argentina, or yet another American underdog, 46th-ranked Robby Ginepri, waiting as potential semifinal foes, a path to the final is clear (though defending champ Roger Federer, who looks like he'll lose his next match at the '11 French Open, lurks on the other side of the draw...
...Blake, who was born in Yonkers, N.Y., a lob shot away from Ashe Stadium, and grew up in suburban Fairfield County, Connecticut, idolized Agassi. He first saw him play at the U.S Open some 15 years ago during Agassi's mullet and earring years. "I saw him here back when he had those lime green shorts hanging out of the denim shorts," Blake says. "I think I got a pair of the denim ones. Not the lime green ones-I couldn't pull that off." Even after beating Nadal, Blake still considers a 2002 win over Agassi at a Washington...
...Blake duplicate it? Agassi looks healthy and on his game, but even his longtime trainer, Gil Reyes, wonders if the eight-time Grand Slam winner can recover from yesterday's three-hour, five-set match against Belgian Xavier Malisse to keep up with Blake, one of the most athletic players on tour. "We're in uncharted waters," Reyes admits. If Agassi's agility fails him, maybe he can rely on a big serve, a surprising ally against Malisse. Up 4-2 in the fifth set, Agassi dealt himself a winning hand: ace, ace, ace. Match over. Says Agassi: "Even...
...advantage Blake will hold is the crowd. Agassi, the Open champ in 1994 and 1999, is a favorite, but Blake is the story of the tournament. And there's no show on tour like the J-Block, 20 or so of Blake's lifelong friends who stuck with him through the worst eight months of his life. "You can see James glancing up at us-he feeds off our energy, big time," says Andy Jorgensen, 40, one of Blake's childhood tennis teachers, celebrating in Suite 236 after the match. "And you can see the other guy look...