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Main Draw
1 John Isner USA
2 Alex Kuznetsov USA
3 Jesse Levine USA
4 Michael McClune USA (Kalamazoo champion)
5 Wayne Odesnik USA
6 Ryan Sweeting USA
7 Donald Young USA
8 Alun Jones AUS (TA)

Qualifying
1 Stephen Bass USA
2 Matt Bruch USA
3 Lester Cook USA
4 Ryler de Heart USA
5 Scoville Jenkins USA
6 Bryan Koniecko USA
7 Nikita Kryvonos USA
8 Dusan Lojda CZE (2006 boys' U.S. Open champion)
9 Phillip Simmonds USA

Doubles
1 ISNER USA/OUDSEMA USA
2 RAM USA/YOUNG USA
3 KENDRICK USA/QUERREY USA
4 GINEPRI USA/KUERTEN BRA
5 DAMICO USA/SCHNUGG USA (Kalamazoo champions)
6 KUZNETSOV USA/LEVINE USA
7 JENKINS USA/SIMMONDS USA

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Let the speculation begin.

Except for TA's wild card, all the 2006 main draw and qualifying wild cards went to American players age 22 & under:
http://www.menstennisforums.com/show...1&postcount=80

Highest-ranked Americans age 23 & under (as of 8/13/07):

Rank Name (Age)
153 Odesnik, Wayne (21) MD WC
182 Kuznetsov, Alex (20) MD WC
192 Isner, John (22) MD WC
199 Ram, Rajeev (23) QD DA
232 Young, Donald (18) MD WC
250 Sweeting, Ryan (20) MD WC
266 Evans, Brendan (21) QD DA
323 Jenkins, Scoville (20) QD WC
330 Simmonds, Phillip (21) QD WC
359 Cook, Lester (23) QD WC
374 Oudsema, Scott (21) QD DA
393 De Heart, Ryler (23) QD WC
461 Kryvonos, Nikita (20) QD WC
483 Levine, Jesse (19) MD WC
615 McClune, Michael (17) MD WC
685 Yim, Robert (22)
703 Fass, Adam (22)
715 Bruch, Matt (22) QD WC

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Smyczek, Tim 766

[aussie_fan]

Do TA get another wildcard this year or not?

[GustavoM_Fan]

Tsonga have chances to get one???

[Snowwy]

Hopefully Ryler De Heart gets a qualifying WC.

[JBdV]

Originally Posted by GustavoM_Fan

Tsonga have chances to get one???

Tsonga is already in directly.

[yumo]

Young, Donald 290

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Originally Posted by aussie_fan

Do TA get another wildcard this year or not?

I went back & reread some older information before I started this thread. From everything I read, the agreement between USTA & TA for reciprocal wild cards was for the U.S. Open 2006/Australian Open 2007 only. Perhaps the agreement has been renewed, but I haven't read anything about it.

[Andre♥]

Young, Isner and Sweeting seem certain imo.

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The draws for Kalamazoo are out:
http://www.ustaboys.com/results/info.php?year=2007

Young did not enter so he must be confident of getting a wild card.

[CooCooCachoo]

Originally Posted by Sylvester

Young, Isner and Sweeting seem certain imo.

Yes. Add Kuznetsov to that list.

Possibly Evans, Oudsema, Simmonds. I hope Jenkins doesn't get one this year, as he doesn't deserve one based on his results.

[CooCooCachoo]

BTW that Kalamazoo draw is gigantic

Will be interesting to see how Schnugg does.

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Originally Posted by CooCooCachoo

BTW that Kalamazoo draw is gigantic

There are several USTA "national" championships for juniors, but Kalamazoo is much bigger & is considered the USTA "super-national" championships. The 14s & 12s (& all the girls' divisions) are played at other sites around the same time.

[Chip_s_m]

Anyone know why Rhyne Williams isn't playing Kalamazoo, I would've figured he was a serious contender for it.

Jan-Michael Gambill is entered into qualifying, I wouldn't be surprised if he got a WC to the main draw. Also, if Odesnik can pull off an upset over Del Potro (currently starting the 3rd set), he'll probably be in contention for a WC as well. My guess is that Young, Isner, and Kuznetsov are locks.