Blake completes Masters Cup field

James Blake yesterday secured the eighth and last spot at the season-ending Masters Cup. The American qualified after German Tommy Haas pulled out of his Paris Masters semi-final against Slovak Dominik Hrbaty, who was leading 6-4 1-0. Haas needed to...

James Blake yesterday secured the eighth and last spot at the season-ending Masters Cup. The American qualified after German Tommy Haas pulled out of his Paris Masters semi-final against Slovak Dominik Hrbaty, who was leading 6-4 1-0.

Haas needed to win the Paris title to secure the last slot at the event for the top eight players in the ATP Race, starting on Nov. 12 in Shanghai.

Blake joins Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko, Ivan Ljubicic, Andy Roddick, Tommy Robredo and David Nalbandian in the Shanghai field.

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