NEW YORK – In a historic flop for American men's tennis, no player reached the fourth round of the US Open, or any Grand Slam this year, with the loss of last man standing Tim Smyczek on Sunday at Flushing Meadows. Spain's Marcel Granollers beat the 109th-ranked US wildcard 6-4, 4-6, 0-6, 6-3, 7-5 after three hours and 24 minutes to reach the last 16 and complete a humiliating and unprecedented Open-era Grand Slam wipeout for American men. "I really wanted to win for you guys," Smyczek told Grandstand supporters. "I just came up a little short." It came on the heels of no US man reaching the third round at Wimbledon for the first time since 1912 and last month, which produ...
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