Blake hurtles into next round
Blake hurtles into next round 
From correspondents in Delray Beach, Miami
Former Australian Captain January 31, 2007
TOP seed James Blake breezed through his opening match as No.6 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber made an early exit from the Delray Beach International in Miami today.
World No.6 Blake, bidding for his 10th career title, brushed past fellow American Robert Kendrick 6-3 6-2 in less than an hour.
Blake, who won in Sydney this month before losing to eventual
finalist Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in the fourth round of the Australian Open, is making his third appearance at Delray Beach.
Kohlschreiber was broken five times by Italy’s Davide Sanguinetti before losing 7-5 6-3, his second successive defeat in the round-robin format.
The German was beaten by big-serving American Amer Delic in three sets the previous day.
The 24-year-old Delic will meet Sanguinetti to decide one of the quarter-final spots under the ATP’s new round-robin tournament format.
Belgian Xavier Malisse, who won his second ATP Tour title at the Chennai Open this month, edged past Colombia’s Alejandro Falla 6-4 7-6 in his opening match.
Malisse, the 2005 champion who lost to Germany’s Tommy Haas in last year’s final, broke his opponent twice before sealing his 21st victory in 27 appearances at Delray Beach.
“I enjoy playing here, and it’s close to home,” the Sarasota-based Belgian said.
“The courts today were nice and slow for my game.”
Other winners today included Romania’s Andrei Pavel and Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia.
Agence France-Presse