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Winning a Grand Slam tennis tournament requires years of practice and preparation, but the unruly, random path to victory is framed in a matter of mere minutes.Welcome to the US Open draw, circa 2016 -- our road map for the fortnight that begins Monday.Hoping to avoid that hot qualifier right out of the box? Perhaps dodge the dangerous floater in the third round? Maybe lock in a few comfortable opponents youve never lost to? The die is cast as quickly as the numbered chip comes out of the lidless silver trophy.Friday at the National Tennis Center, all 256 slots for the mens and womens singles draws were revealed with tournament referee Brian Earley serving as master of ceremonies. The highlights:Best first-round matchesMen: No. 16 seed Feliciano Lopez versus Borna Coric. This one nicely frames the changing-of-the-guard vibe of this looming event. Lopez, a 34-year-old Spaniard, was a surprise quarterfinalist in New York a year ago. Serbias Coric, still a teenager, beat Nick Kyrgios and Rafael Nadal in back-to-back matches last week in Cincinnati before retiring (knees) against eventual champion Marin Cilic. Coric, according to his team, should be good to go.Women: No. 1 Serena Williams versus?Ekaterina Makarova. This one is just pure nastiness for Serena, but it could be the wake-up she needs. After a rough go at the Rio Olympics, theres no chance Serena will take the crafty Russian lightly. It was Makarova who beat Serena four years ago in the fourth round of the Australian Open, and she comes in as the newly minted Rio gold-medal winner with doubles partner Elena Vesnina. Serena, who has the pressure of some serious history in her sights, has beaten Makarova in straight sets in their two previous US Open encounters, in 2012 and 2014.Toughest quarter of the drawMen: Top quarter, top half. At first glance, it might appear that No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic could have a dicey first-round match, but 2013 Wimbledon semifinalist Jerzy Janowicz of Poland is only 1-4 in his US Open career. More concerning is the rest of that bracket, which is laced with heavy hitters -- not the best thing for an ailing left wrist. Djokovic could see ace machine John Isner, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Kevin Anderson, not to mention a projected quarterfinals meeting with No. 7 seed Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion.Women: Top quarter, bottom half. While Serena and Simona Halep are projected to meet in the quarterfinals of the top quarter, the third quarter is loaded with young power. In theory, American Madison Keys, 21, would see French Open champion Garbine Muguruza, 22, in the quarters. But there are also these players to consider: Coco Vandeweghe, who got to the fourth round at Wimbledon, and Rio singles gold medalist Monica Puig.Favorites most at riskMen: No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka. The Swiss is a two-time Grand Slam champion, but he has his hands full with a first-round match against wily Fernando Verdasco, who was a US Open quarterfinalist in 2009-10. Believe it or not, Verdasco has won three of their five career matches. That includes a victory earlier this year on the grass at Queens Club -- and the only hard-court meeting, four years ago in Acapulco. If thats not bad enough, Wawrinka could face ascendant Aussie Kyrgios in a fourth-round match -- if he makes it that far.Women: A year ago, No. 7 seed Roberta Vinci was the surprise finalist in New York, stunning Serena in the semifinals. Even if she gets past the sometimes-dangerous Anna-Lena Friedsam in her first-round match, American Christina McHale and Sabine Lisicki could await in the second and third rounds. Lisicki, who pounds the ball, made it to the fourth round a year ago.Favorites best positioned to flourishMen: No. 2 seed Andy Murray. In some minds, hes the favorite here, and now he has a relatively easy route to the quarterfinals. The 29-year-old Scot has the momentum, coming off his victories at Wimbledon and the Rio Olympics and a finals appearance in Cincinnati. His first-round match is against Lukas Rosol, who is 1-5 at the US Open. Next up could be Juan Monaco in the second, No. 30 Gilles Simon in the third and Lopez in the fourth. No. 6 Kei Nishikori -- a finalist here two years ago -- would be the projected quarterfinal opponent.Women: No. 2 seed Angelique Kerber. She has a reasonably comfortable draw that begins with Polona Hercog. Alize Cornet might be waiting in the second, with No. 27 Sara Errani in the third. In the fourth it could be No. 14 Petra Kvitova, who has won two Grand Slam singles titles but reached the quarters in New York only once. Vinci is slated to meet Kerber in the quarters.Cinderella candidatesMen: Lucas Pouille. In his last major, the No. 24 seed went all the way to Wimbledons quarterfinals. The 22-year-old Frenchman has a decent draw and could face Roberto Bautista Agut in the third round. Nadal, whose physical condition after the rousing Rio Olympics might have been compromised, theoretically would provide fourth-round opposition.Women: Karolina Pliskova Shes the No. 10 seed, so were taking some liberties here. But based on her track record in Slams -- in 17 majors, she has never advanced past the third round -- we believe shes capable of losing a glass slipper. While Pliskovas only 2-3 in previous US Open action, the Czech is having another terrific year. Her draw is doable; shes projected to face No. 6 Venus Williams in the quarterfinals. 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Dillon Maples Cubs Jersey . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team.Leicestershire 228 for 8 (Cosgrove 81*, Davis 4-60) trail Derbyshire 307 (Hosein 83*, A Hughes 55, Shreck 4-78) v Leicestershire by 79 runsScorecard Mark Cosgrove defied the pain of a damaged hand to hold Leicestershire together but a late burst from Will Davis gave Derbyshire the edge before bad light ended play early on the second day of the Division Two game at Derby.The Leicestershire captain was forced to retire hurt on 77 but returned and was unbeaten on 81 but Davis took three wickets in two overs to reduce the visitors to 228 for 8, 79 behind.Derbyshire had earlier been bowled out for 307 with Harvey Hosein unbeaten on 83 as Charlie Shreck took 4 for 78, but Davis claimed 4 for 60 to tilt the balance towards the home side.The fast bowler said: I think we bowled well all day, there were times when wickets were harder to come by but I think we got our reward for a full days work.We worked hard in the afternoon session and we all noticed the opportunity to try and make the most of the unfortunate injury so that gave us a bit of a lift and worked well for us.Hopefully we can finish them off quickly and I think any sort of lead will be good and will put us in the driving seat.All the attention at the start was on Hosein who had a good chance of a maiden first-class hundred but the 19-year-olds inexperience showed as he took singles at the start of overs and scored only four more runs before Shreck wrapped up the innings.Davis drove Shreck over extra cover for four to secure a third batting point before fending a short ball to short leg but he was soon celebrating as Leicestershire lost wickets cheaply before lunch.Tony Palladinno swung one back into Angus Robson who was struck in front but Paul Horton was tempted into flashing at a ball from Davis he should have left alone.ddddddddddddNeil Dexter was lucky to escape when he miscued a hook but he played another rash stroke at the first ball of the last over of the morning and was well caught at slip by Wayne Madsen.It was just as well for Leicestershire that Cosgrove was showing greater selectivity and Ned Eckersley also played with restraint to rebuild the innings after lunch.Derbyshire plugged away around off stump and gave little away although Cosgrove did come down the pitch to dispatch Parkinson over long on for six and a cover drive off Davis took him to 50.Eckersley had scored two hundreds against Derbyshire at Leicester last month but he faced 92 balls for his 27 before Palladino cut one back to have him lbw.Cosgrove had taken several blows on his injured left hand and he was finally forced to leave the field three overs later, which gave Derbyshire two new batsmen to bowl at, but Harry Dearden played well on his senior debut and dug in for 14 overs before he was caught behind pushing at Parkinson.Clint McKay hoisted Parkinson onto the pavilion roof, breaking a tile, but the innings unravelled as Davis took three wickets with short balls in two overs.Alex Hughes held two smart catches at deep midwicket either side of Cosgroves return and after a top edged hook from Rob Sayer was taken at backward square, the umpires decided the light was too poor for play to continue. 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