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Christian Harrison teamed up with brother Ryan to defeat Skander Mansouri and Christian Seraphim 6-2, 6-4 in 59 minutes in the Winston Salem first round on Wednesday.
American men can only hope they fare better in the U.S. Open main draw with their 11 participants than they did in qualifying earlier this week. Not a single American man managed to successfully navigate through three matches and punch a ticket into the field of 128. Two Americans had advanced to the final round, but neither one could finish the task on Friday.
David Goffin saw his 25-match winning streak come to end at the hands of Jerzy Janowicz in the Winston-Salem Open quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon. Goffin, coming off three Challenger titles and his first ATP triumph in Kitzbuhel, succumbed to Janowicz 6-4, 6-4 after one hour and 17 minutes.
The U.S. Open may be on the minds of players and fans like, but don't forget about this week's Winston-Salem Open. It gives the ATP World Tour stars a final opportunity for match practice heading into New York. Among those looking to take advantage are Americans John Isner, Steve Johnson, Donald Young, and Sam Querrey.
In practical terms, we've seen the ATP shift to a "big three" model -- Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal. Each has one Slam im 2013. If one of them wins the U. S. Open, he will be the obvious candidate for the year-end #1 -- if it's Nadal, it will become pretty close to certain.
