The ninth-seeded Blake next plays No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who was among three Frenchmen advancing.
Tsonga, the runner-up here last year, beat Israeli Dudi Sela 6-4, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.
Gael Monfils, a French Open semifinalist last year, had a 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 win over No. 17 Nicolas Almagro of Spain and will play fellow Frenchman No. 6 Gilles Simon in the next round. Simon beat No. 19 Mario Ancic of Croatia, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-2.
No. 14 Fernando Verdasco of Spain beat No. 22 Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-0, 6-0.
Another Frenchman, No. 24 Richard Gasquet, was against 2007 runner-up Fernando Gonzalez of Chile later Saturday in one of the three men’s night matches. Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray were also in action.
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