Tennis: Young guns scent opportunity with big names missing at US Open

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NEW YORK (REUTERS) - The absence of Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal from this year's US Open has presented the next generation of players with arguably their best chance to break the so-called Big Three stranglehold on tennis's most coveted titles.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW YORK - The absence of Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal from this year's US Open has presented the next generation of players with arguably their best chance to break the so-called Big Three stranglehold on tennis's most coveted titles.

The 24-year-old Russian excelled on the North American hardcourts last year, reaching four finals - at Flushing Meadows, Washington DC, Canada and Cincinnati. Medvedev said playing to empty galleries would be a strange experience, but one that would not affect his desire to win.

 

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