71.   Defending champion Tommy Haas of Germany declined a wildcard into the tournament, allowing Australian Scott Draper to accept one and enter the main draw.

72.   Daniilidou, a qualifier, was playing in her first U.S. Open and in only her second Grand Slam tournament main draw.

73.   Dewulf and Fernandez were the only non-British players allocated wild cards for the main draw by the All England Club.

74.   Eight young American tennis players, led by Alexandra Stevenson, were given wild-card entries to the main draw of the singles of the U.S. Open.

75.   Failing to qualify for the main draw will cost the club millions, and possibly a plunge in the value of Lazio shares on the Milan stock market.

76.   For many customers, the main draw is communicating with representatives in their native languages.

77.   Frenchman Lionel Roux will replace the Australian in the main draw and will play third seed Albert Costa of Spain.

78.   Godwin played his fourth match in the competition after having to play through the qualifying tournament to get to the main draw, which he said was an advantage.

79.   He had to get a wild card into the qualification tournament just to have a chance to get into the main draw.

80.   He made the main draw as a wild card after qualifying last weekend.