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...could hear it in the crowd,” Blake said. Even his childhood doubles partner and J-Block member Matt Daly understood, and well before the match had even begun...
...first time in a week and a half, Blake’s 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...
...Blake broke for 3-2 in the fifth set, but when he served for the match at 5-4, Agassi evened the count, bringing the crowd to its feet again with four consecutive points. It was more of the same in the tiebreak, when Blake went up 3-1, 4-3 and 5-4 before succumbing to Agassi’s groundstrokes...
...what the fans wanted—it was what they’d come to see—and even Blake knew that in the interview room, when he said that he was “happy to congratulate Andre, because he’s earned...
...wasn’t particularly thrilled at the loss, but Blake wasn’t distraught, either, as he embraced Agassi after the final point. Blake knew what he’d just had a hand in, and there was just no disagreeing with the bald, 35-year-old semifinalist when he said, “There are few moments on a tennis court that are that special...