{"id":1072,"date":"2010-09-05T03:08:55","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T02:08:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-17T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T14:13:08","slug":"novak-ousts-blake-to-advance-into-fourth-round-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-ousts-blake-to-advance-into-fourth-round-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak ousts Blake to advance into fourth round in New York!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=arhiva src=https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/arhiva\/slike\/TvrdaPodloga\/598.jpg> {nl}{nl}World no.3 Novak Djokovic defeated world no.108 American James Blake in straight sets 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-3 in 1 hour and 44 minutes to advance into the forth round at the US Open.{nl}{nl}Novak saved two break points in the opening game of the match. He went on to hold when Blake sent a backhand into the net. Djokovic made a break in the second game and cruised through a very comfortable service hold to consolidate the break. He was looking very confident. The Serb got a quick second break when Blake hit a double handed backhand across court into the net. Novak took the set in just 22 minutes.   {nl}{nl}Blake broke Djokovic\u2019s service in the sixth game of the second set, but the 23-year old from Belgrade broke back immediately and then held to 15 to equalise the result to 4-4. The set went into a tiebreaker, Nole made three mini-breaks, one more than his opponent, and won it 7-4.{nl}{nl}Novak capitalised on his break point opportunity in the fourth game of the third set and then held to increase his lead to 4-1. He saved a break point in the seventh game to keep the advantage. The Serb was confident serving for the match and closed it 6-3.{nl}{nl}<b>&#8220;It&#8217;s a big mental struggle when you have such a strong wind to find a way how to try to play good tennis, especially if you have somebody across the net who is so aggressive, taking everything early and playing a risky game. My focus today was great,&#8221;<\/b> said Nole after the match.{nl}{nl}Djokovic served 4 aces to Blake\u2019s 1.{nl}He hit 14 winners to Blake\u2019s 27, and made 13 unforced errors, 18 less than his opponent.{nl}The Serb capitalised on 4 of his 6 chances for break, while the American converted 1 of his 4 break points.{nl}{nl}Novak will play against no.19 seed Mardy Fish for a place in the quarter-finals. The American beat Frenchman Arnaud Clement in five sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.{nl}{nl}About his fourth-round match against Fish, Djokovic said: <b>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s playing maybe his best tennis at this moment. He&#8217;s moving really well. He&#8217;s serving as good as he served always. He has a lot of talent. He&#8217;s recognising the moment, coming to the net. He has a lot of variety in the game. I guess I have to be on the top of my game to be able to win.&#8221;<\/b>{nl}{nl}Djokovic and Fish have met 4 times, Nole won all encounters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World no.3 Novak Djokovic defeated world no.108 American James Blake in straight sets 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-3 in 1 hour and 44 minutes to advance into the forth round at the US Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101010285],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-us-open-2010-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27072,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions\/27072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}