At 6-foot-5 and sporting dreadlocks, 26-year-old Jamaican Dustin Brown is getting plenty of notice after spending years in obscurity on tennis’s minor league tours.

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American doubles duos had a banner day nearly across the board in Thursday’s first-round action.

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La quatrième journée de cet US Open 2010 est celle de la confirmation pour les Français, qui seront au moins quatre au troisième tour.

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When the weather outside is frightful, the action inside the air-conditioned US Open SmashZone is delightful. Battling through Thursday’s 90-degree heat, thousands of fans took a break from professional tennis by stepping inside the USTA Indoor Training Center to participate in the exhibit.

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Los dos primeros cabezas de serie españoles en abrir el fuego de la segunda ronda, Juan Carlos Ferrero (22º) y Albert Montañés (21º), salieron indemnes con gallardía, junto a Roger Federer (2º) o Robin Soderling (5º), de la tempranera escabechina de preclasificados importantes que está viviendo el cuadro masculino de este US Open. En mujeres, sólo Lourdes Domínguez pudo imitar a la argentina Gisela Dulko, y será la única española en dieciseisavos de final.

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The former No. 1 is closer to the form that brought her to the 2008 French Open title and two other majors finals than the one who has dropped out of the top 60 earlier this summer.

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