With the world focus on the sport of tennis and the travails of Serbian Novak Djokovic it felt appropriate to offer readers this homage cover to fans happiest when their focus is on the game itself. In America the Holy Grail would of course be the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York. The stadium is named after Arthur Ashe, winner of the inaugural 1968 U.S. Open, the first in which professionals could compete. The original stadium design, completed in 1997, had not included a roof. After suffering successive years of event delays from inclement weather, a new lightweight retractable roof was completed in 2016.

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