No medal for Blake

Former Fairfield resident and two-time Pilot Pen singles champion James Blake lost to Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the bronze medal match and will return home without a medal.

Blake is not entered in the Pilot Pen but he will be on site Thursday at the Connecticut Tennis Center when he makes a public appearance for Evian, one of his sponsors. There will be more on that event as it draws closer.

Speaking of the Olympics, 34 players who competed in singles in Beijing are also playing either men's and women's singles in New Haven. That number could rise as four Olympians were entered in the women's qualifying draw. The doubles fields and draws have not been released but Lindsay Davenport and Jamie Murray, who played in women's doubles and men's doubles respectively in the Olympics, have been confirmed as entries in doubles in the Pilot Pen.

Here's a list of the Olympics scheduled to play in New Haven
Women
Dominika Cibulkova Reached third round
Sorana Cirstea Lost first round
Alize Cornet Reached third round in singles/lost first round in doubles
Jill Craybas Lost first round
Casey Dellacqua Reached second round in singles/lost first round in doubles
Gisela Dulko Lost first round in singles/reached second round in doubles
Daniela Hantuchova Reached second round in singles/lost first round in doubles
Olga Govortsova Lost first round in singles/reached second round in doubles
Kaia Kanepi Reached third round in singles/lost first round in doubles
Flavia Pennetta Lost first round in singles/reached quarterfinals in doubles
Tsvetana Pironkova Reached second round
Virginie Razzano Reached second round in singles/lost first round in doubles
Patty Schnyder Reached second round in singles and doubles
Agnes Szavay Lost first round in singles/lost first round in doubles
Nicole Vaidisova Lost first round in singles/lost first round in doubles
Caroline Wozniacki Reached third round

Note: Qualifiers Maria Martinez Sanchez and Nuria Llagostera Vives reached second round and Sara Errani fell in first round at Olympics. Pilot Pen already lost one Olympian when Maret Ani lost in first round of qualifying. Lindsay Davenport, who reached quarterfinals in doubles, will play doubles at Pilot Pen.
Men's
Igor Andreev Reached third round in singles/reached quarterfinals in doubles
Thomasz Bellucci Lost first round
Simone Bolelli Lost first round singles and doubles
Agustin Calleri Reached second round
Marin Cilic Reached second round
Marcos Daniel Lost first round
Steve Darcis Lost first round in singles/reached second round in doubles
Robby Ginepri Lost first round
Chris Guccione Lost first round in singles/reached quarterfinals in doubles
Victor Hanescu Reached second round
Nicolas Lapentti Lost first round
Jurgen Melzer Reached quarterfinals in singles/reached second round in doubles
Ivo Minar Lost first round
Juan Monaco Lost first round
Olivier Rochus Reached third round in singles/reached second round in doubles
Andreas Seppi Reached second round in singles/lost first round in doubles
Potito Starace Lost first round
Jiri Vanek Lost first round