Article: Ten: Zabaleta shocks Blake to reach Houston final

AAP Sports News (Australia)
04-15-2007
Ten: Zabaleta shocks Blake to reach Houston final

HOUSTON, Texas, April 14 AFP - Argentine qualifier Mariano Zabaleta upset second-seeded
American James Blake 7-5 7-6 (9/7) Saturday to reach the final of the US Men's Clay Court
Championships.

Zabaleta, in search of his fourth career title, will face unseeded Croatian Ivo Karlovic,
who fired 15 aces en route to a 7-6 (7/5) 6-2 victory over Albert Montanes of Spain.

Zabaleta, ranked 156th in the world, arrived in Houston with a 1-3 match record for
the season. He broke Blake in the 11th game of the first opening set and served it out.

"I feel really happy and I enjoy this moment," Zabaleta told ...