Your Call, August 19th

By Peter BodoPublished August 19, 2008

Larry's Half-Baked Theory of Evolution by Larry and Joyce Oates, of Benton City, Wash., won the first-place award in the sixth annual Baked, Mashed, or Fried art show at the Adam East Museum and Art Center in Moses Lake, Wash., Friday, Feb. 12, 1999. The entry shows three amphibian-looking potatoes coming out of the water, evolving into a couch potato. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green) — © ASSOCIATED PRESS

Good morning. This is your regular space for discussing the day's tennis. This week the combined WTA and ATP event in New Haven is being played; today's Order of Play can be found on this link. Juan Martin Del Potro, the winner of a record-breaking first four tournaments in a row, culminating in Washington on Sunday, has pulled out, to be replaced by Jesse Levine.

Today, the draws for the US Open qualifying tournaments have been published; here, for draw geeks, are the men's singles and women's singles draws. The US Open main draws will be made on Thursday of this week.

-- Rosangel Valenti

Note: As always, "Your Call" is the daily thread specifically for the purpose of getting together on the cyber-sofa to discuss or call ongoing matches, or hot tennis topics of the day; it's the "Crisis Center" thread for those weeks when there are no Grand Slams, Masters, or Fed or Davis Cup in progress. You can go off-topic here if you like as well. This makes it easier for you to stay on-topic at "premium" posts. For going off-topic, you also have Monday Net Posts and Deuce Club on a regular basis.