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Half of men's seeds missing in action

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Saturday, September 4, 2004

NEW YORK -- This is why they play the games: Olivier Rochus, who may or may not be 5-foot-5, 130 pounds, is often mistaken for a ball boy or a junior player. In four previous U.S. Open appearances, the No. 100-ranked player in the world had not won a single match. His opponent, Carlos Moya, is the 1998 French Open champion and ranked No. 4. But on Saturday, they were equals, elevating the raucous crowd filling Armstrong Stadium into near hysteria. In the end, when Moya improbably dou ...

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