JAMES BLAKE LOST TO ALBERT MONTANES IN ESTORIL OPEN

Albert Montanes won the Estoril open against US James Blake 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-0 on sunday to win his first ATP title since july 2008. James blake played both the semifinals and finals on sunday as the semifinals were suspended because of darkness on saturday. James Blake played the semifinals against Nikolay Davydenko 6-7 (3), 7-6(2), 6-3 just few housr before the finals.

James Blake was playing for his country's first ATP title on European Clay since Andy Roddick in 2003. Blake was happy with his performance in semifinals but was completely upset in finals. He had a good chance to win the title but he missed a easy chance. Montanes defeated Paul capdeville 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals on saturday.

Montanes played a superb innings and he was at his best. Montanes won the last set with a 6-0, where he broked all the three serve of Blake. Montanes feels that he was really happy with his performance.

AVERAGE PERFORMANCE FROM JAMES BLAKE

James Blake, 16th seeded started of poorly against Frederico Gil 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday in the first round of the Estoril Open. James blake is an excellent player and he has lot of stuff beat top class players. Blake was not comfortable with his return from the baseline and he overcome it and won the match at the end.

Gil won the first set by breaking his serve at the 11th game. Blake qualified for the ext round by defeating 68th ranked Gil. Blake said" It was a tough match and i learned from my experience and mistakes to quickly adapt to the conditions".

Second Seeded Nikolay Davydenko won over Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-2 to reach quarterfinals. Davydenko will meet Mardy fish in the next round. Davydenko, the 2003 champion and a two-time runner-up at the outdoor clay-court event, broke the Spaniard in the ninth game of the first set and cruised to victory in the second.