The USO may be a top tier event, but players aren't thrilled about it I can tell you! It's been a trash event since the 70's being played on grass in Forest Hills! A stray bullet fired into the place made them rethink a move I guess! Way back then it wasn't a big deal, but at the time the SF & Final were played on cons. days! Even w/o all the conditioning done today, it was do-able! By the time it moved to Flushing Meadows in '78 to HC's, it got harder which is why the same players made the SF & Final year after year! Some handled it better like Evert, Conners, McEnroe, Lendl, & Navratilova! I can still hear a player saying the best idea for the place was to get hit by an A-Bomb; esp. w/ the constant fly-overs by airplanes throughout the event! The admin. added to how trashy the event was back then w/ controversies dealing w/ seeding,
"suspect draws" that had to be re-pulled, & scheduling that was incomprehensible! I can still remember some guy finishing his match well after midnight, but they had him play early at noon against Connors! It had nothing to do w/ catching up due to rain; just plain ineptitude on display! NO BS, all this happened!
