From correspondents in Paris, France, 06:31 PM IST

After winning one match in the last three years at the French Open, James Blake is again just moving on after another minor disaster of a spring season.

But even with the grass of Britain beckoning, the spectre of the red dust is menacing again in the July 10-12 Davis Cup quarter-final on clay in Croatia.

Blake, the usual American number two behind Andy Roddick, can't be looking forward to the ordeal on the dirt.

'It's not over yet, Croatia is going to be on the indoor clay,' warned the 29-year-old who faded after playing the Estoril final several weeks ago.

'At least there I won't have to deal with the cold and the wind. A week or two or three weeks ago I wouldn't have said I was looking forward to Croatia, but now I am because I want to redeem myself after today,' he said in the wake of a hammering by a qualifier.

'I'm looking forward playing better clay court tennis indoors in Croatia.'

(Staff Writer, © IANS)