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A Surprising Year Could Culminate in a Surprising U.S. Open

Two unseeded players won in a big U.S. Open warm-up tournament, another unexpected result in an odd tennis season.

Borna Coric became the lowest ranked player ever to win a Masters 1000 event.Credit...Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

Who is going to win the United States Open, which starts next week? Given the results over the weekend in an important warm-up tournament near Cincinnati, the answer seems like it could be “almost anyone.”

Though the fields were strong, both the men’s and women’s singles tournaments in Ohio were won by unseeded players.