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FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y.—As last night’s U.S. Open quarterfinal stretched into the wee hours of the morning, James Blake looked up at the scoreboard and smiled. His early two-set lead over Andre Agassi had dissolved into a five-set stalemate, and yet just before the final tiebreak, for the briefest of instants, Blake honored the context of his match...
More than 20,000 fans huddled in Arthur Ashe Stadium Court until past 1 a.m. this morning because they wanted something. They wanted to see the 35-year-old Agassi win (he did, capping off an improbable 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (8) comeback with a blistering forehand that kissed the corner). They wanted to see Agassi fight the good fight (he did, falling down two sets and a break before chipping away at Blake’s lead). And perhaps most of all, they wanted to see for themselves that Agassi, the recent subject...
Which is why Blake smiled for that moment before the tiebreak, when the scoreboard knotted with sixes and threes. He surely wasn’t smiling after he squandered his 3-0 mini-break, and when Agassi planted that forehand in the corner and clinched a spot in the semifinal, Blake’s heart did drop...
...personal cheering section, “The J-Block,” was drowned out rather than augmented by the Arthur Ashe crowd. Even after Blake collected his first two sets in 62 minutes and then notched a third-set break, the stands nearly collapsed every time Agassi won a point...
...third, when his ball clipped the net and took a lucky bounce out of Blake’s reach, Agassi held up his hand in modest apology, as per convention. The fans had none of it, though, and the stadium erupted...