Blake Cruises Into Second Round at Challenger of Dallas

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DALLAS, TX — Just 49 minutes.

That’s how long it took for former No.4 ranked player James Blake to take out qualifier Alex Domijan in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 during the first round of the Challenger of Dallas presented by Carpet Exchange on Stadium Court.

Blake will be back on the court Wednesday to face American Denis Kudla. Kudla rolled through his match as well Wednesday in a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Jean Andersen.

The No.1 seed and defending Challenger of Dallas singles champ Jesse Levine held on to win his first round match in three sets as he disposed of lefty Bradley Klahn 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3. Klahn finished the match with 12 aces in the loss.

The 2011 Challenger Singles Champ was not so lucky as Alex Bogomolov Jr. was taken out in straight sets by Ukrainian Denys Molchanov 7-5, 7-6. The No.7 seed, Vasek Popisil also fell short in straight sets 6-3, 7-6(8). German Mischa Zverev moved on against the 21-year-old former Tennessee Vol Tennys Sandgren 6-3, 7-6(5).

Member of the 2006 Challenger of Dallas doubles team champion Bobby Reynolds had 10 aces in his win against former NCAA champ Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-4.

Also advancing on the singles side of the first full main draw day were Frances’ Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Brazilian Marcelo Demoliner and American Michael Yani. In doubles, Ryan Sweeting and Michael Russell defeated their youthful opponents Chase Buchanan and Daniel Nguyen. In the only other doubles match on Wednesday, Sandgren and Rhyne Williams took out Daniel Kosakowski and Vahid Mirzadeh 6-1, 6-3.

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