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Well, it appears that Mother Nature may win her first Grand Slam before Caroline Wozniacki or Andy Murray does. A men's rainout today sent the the U.S. Open into territory where it's never been before, poised on the razor's edge between (perhaps) being completed on time (should the men in the bottom half of the draw, who were denied the opportunity to play their fourth-round matches today, be able and willing to play four five-set matches in four consecuitve days) and, well, another Monday final—or worse.
The dilemma, about which nothing has been said yet, is intriguing. Would the USTA prevail upon the men to undertake...