Entry lists are out, and all but Heather (unsurprisingly) of those ranked high enough for direct entry are in. Liam appears to have opted for the European clay court tournaments in September in preference to the US Open, as he indicated he might in a post-Wimbledon interview
Boys MD
22 Oliver Golding 35 George Morgan
Qualifying
9 Ashley Hewitt (an outside chance of making the main draw) 11 james Marsalek 23 Jack Carpenter
Alternates
50 Robert Carter 63 Luke Bambridge (hoping for a WC?) etc
Girls MD
41 Laura Robson
Qualifying
None
Alternates
5 Jennifer Ren (should get in) 12 Lucy Brown 22 Jessica Ren 53 Tara Moore etc
Ollie has moved up to 19 in the rankings after the Youth Olympics, and with 3 higher ranked players missing, is likely to be seeded. James is now 7 out of the main draw.
Laura is down to play the Canadian Open as a warm-up (along with Ollie, George and James), but like last year will be pulled out if she makes final qualifying for the US Open women's draw.
According the beeb, Ollie has been warming up with the Fed....
'Roger Federer is on Arthur Ashe in oooh, about 10 minutes time. Fed warmed up for his match against Paul-Henri Mathieu by hitting with 16-year-old British junior Oliver Golding, who unsurprisingly seems to have enjoyed the experience based on an interview I've just seen. Golding reached the semi-finals at junior Wimbledon this year and will be in action at Flushing Meadows himself in the boys' tournament next week. Let's hope Ollie picked up a few tips off the great man.'
