"This is the farthest I've gone in a Slam, and I want it to continue,'' the 23-year-old Blake said. ``I was really happy with my first-round match, and today I got even better. I feel I played pretty darned well. I like to think it had more to do with me than with him."
On the women's side, fourth-seeded Amelie Mauresmo had little trouble beating Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-1, 6-2, and fifth-seeded Lindsay Davenport, the 2000 Australian Open champion, beat fellow American Laura Granville 6-4, 6-0.
Mauresmo dropped serve once in the second set and needed treatment for her lower left leg at 3-2. Upon returning, she lost only one point before clinching a fourth-round berth with a drop volley.
Russia's Vera Zvonareva, seeded 11th, beat Nicole Pratt 7-5, 2-6, 6-1; 32nd-seeded Fabiola Zuluaga of Columbia was a 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2 winner over American Jill Craybas; and Australia's Alicia Molik overcame Claudine Schaul of Luxembourg 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2.
In a marathon match between Hungarians, Aniko Kapros overcame Petra Mandula 3-6, 6-3, 12-10.
Top-ranked Andy Roddick faced potential Davis Cup teammate Taylor Dent on center court in a late match, and American Robby Ginepri, seeded 32nd, beat France's Nicolas Escude 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.
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