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Autograph hounds target U.S. Open players

Quick ReadGroup of fans gathered to watch the biggest names in tennis work on their technique in practice.

Tennis fan Noah Ouari, 5, of Manhattan gets

Photo credit: Sophia Chang | Tennis fan Noah Ouari, 5, of Manhattan gets a boost from his dad Jacques Ouari.

Along with the cicadas droning in the summer sun Thursday, a low buzz hummed outside the practice courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park as a group of fans gathered to watch the biggest names in tennis work on their technique.

The buzz erupted into calls of "Rafa! Rafa!" as the popular tennis star Rafael Nadal left the practice court and...

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