This week, a slew of Americans are in France for the Roland Garros qualifying rounds with dreams of reaching the main draw. Action began on Monday with the men's draw and six Americans are already out including Denis Kudla, J.J. Wolf, Mitchell Krueger, Brandon Nakashima, Maxime Cressey and Noah Rubin.

Tennis, perhaps more so than any other sport, is guilty of anointing players as “the next great thing” far too early. Players these days are peaking in their late 20’s and early 30’s, which gives 17-year-old Zachary Svajda plenty of time to prepare his ball-striking skills for the physical brutality

“The timing is right," says Scott Douglas, who is opening his home court to six Southern California pros including Sam Querrey. "It’s time we do a little something for the players.”