Blake retires after first-round loss in US Open

NEW YORK: Former world number four James Blake's tennis career came to an emotional end after 14 years on Thursday morning at the US Open with a standing ovation after a first-round loss to Ivo Karlovic.The 33-year-old American, who announced Monday this would be his farewell event, had fallen to 100th in the rankings and was far from the level that saw him reach the last eight on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts in 2005 and 2006.But having defied the odds by overcoming scoliosis as a child and

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