James Blake: Player Ranked Outside the Top 100 Who Reached the Third Round of the US Open 2012

James Blake, currently ranked #115 in the world, won his first round match in this year's US Open, against Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, ranked #54 in the world 75 62 36 63.  Ranked as high as #4 in the world, Blake has reached the quarterfinals here in 2005 and 2006.  He then proceeded to dispatch Marcel Granollers of Spain, ranked #24 in the world, in the second round, 61 64 62. 

James will now meet wonder boy Milos Raonic of Canada in the third round, ranked #16 in the world.

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