Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
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An American woman may very well win the U.S. Open if Serena Williams continues her dominant form over the next two weeks.
Yet the chances of an American man capturing this championship — or any other major in the foreseeable future — are about as likely as Miley Cyrus avoiding twerking.
At the start of Wednesday’s play, six American men were through to the second round, with 6-foot-10 John Isner and his rocket serve owning the best chance at winning.
“I’m playing well and I’m enjoying what I’m doing,” the former Georgia Bulldog and No. 13 seed said after his first-round victory over Italian Filippo Volandri. “I don’t really feel any extra pressure to perform well because I am currently the No. 1 American.”
No American man has won a major since Andy Roddick served his way to the U.S. Open title in 2003. That was 40 Grand Slam events ago.
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