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James Blake took his first step in breaking out of his slump on Tuesday in first-round action at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles. The former top 10 American has slipped to No. 117 in the world rankings due to injury and poor play. He showed signs of his old self by impressively defeating Leonardo Mayer of Argentina on the hard-court in straight sets 6-1, 6-4. This is the first time Blake has won a match and passed the first round of a tournament since March. After returning from a knee injury in June that kept him sidelined for three months, the 30-year-old has been ousted in the first round of every tournament he entered -- Eastbourne, Wimbledon and Atlanta.
Blake's serve and return game was solid all match long. He generated seven aces to Mayer's one. Blake also won 84 percent of his first-serve points, while Mayer only converted on 63 percent of his. Blake's serve was not broken once. The American broke Mayer's serve three times.
"I went into the match with the goal of just controlling my side of the court and playing with the right kind of energy," Blake said. "I'm back to feeling healthy and I want to just play that way without the huge expectations or anything, just playing my game. I did it and it worked out well today."
There are two other ATP events taking place this week on a different surface -- clay -- in Europe. The ATP Studena Croatia Open in Umag, Croatia and the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad in Gstaad, Switzerland.
The WTA also has two hard-court events this week, with the premier event being the Bank of the West Classic taking place in Stanford, Calif.
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