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...tennis is not Blake's only athletic passion. A self-proclaimed sports enthusiast, he spent many afternoons on the courts of Connecticut's Fairfield High School--basketball courts, that...
Although he wanted to play on the school's team, his tennis coach discouraged him from doing so. There is no telling what kind of basketball player he could have been, but Blake's commitment to tennis has paid larger dividends than he ever imagined...
...sophomore, Blake has become a fixture on the Harvard squad, just as tennis racquet became a fixture in his hand after his parents introduced him to the game when he was nine years old. He immediately fell in love with tennis, and recalls anxiously waiting for his parents to finish their weekend matches so he could play with one of them...
Following a strong freshman season after which he was named Region I Player to Watch, Blake returned home to Connecticut and began a grueling off-season training regimen to which he attributes much of this year's success...
...despite his success in his first year of college, Blake says he found it challenging to adjust to the demands of Division I tennis...