Americans, Aussies headline 2018 BB&T Atlanta Open

July 23, 2018 6

There are 28 players in the BB&T Atlanta Open draw. Exactly half hail from either the United States (eight) or Australia (six). That a whole host of Americans have flocked to Atlanta is no surprise. They always turn up for what has been the annual beginning of the U.S. Open Series for the past nine years. […]

Mission Impossible II: Predicting the Top 10 Americans at the end of 2014

December 26, 2013 7

An annual tradition was born in 2013 when a five-team panel tackled—albeit unsuccessfully—the task of predicting the year-end order of finish for the Top 10 American men. They are back at it again for the 2014 installment, in which only a top two of John Isner and Sam Querrey appears to be a sure thing. […]

A look back at our 2013 American men predictions

December 23, 2013 0

Early this season, a five-team panel made its predictions for the Top 10 American men according to the year-end rankings. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the Grandstand’s own Ricky Dimon came out top of what was an impossible contest in which nobody proved to be especially successful. […]

Fish, Sharapova withdraw from U.S. Open

August 22, 2013 0

Both the men’s and women’s U.S. Open fields lost marquee players on Wednesday. Mardy Fish and Maria Sharapova will be skipping the season’s final Grand Slam. Plagued by a heart issue ever since the fourth […]

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