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A grad among the pros

Sam Warburg reckons he is one of just two men in the U.S. Open singles field of 128 who has a four-year college degree.

"I think it's trending towards not going to college, which personally I think is a mistake," the 24-year-old said Monday; he graduated from Stanford in 2005.The wild-card entrant, ranked 15th in the U.S. and 169th in the world, faces Serbian counterpuncher Janko Tipsarevic...

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