[Brian Swartz]

Good question. He's still around and popping up here and there. I'm pretty sure you are talking about Swede Valentin Rosenberg, who last year was an unseeded QF in the Cincinatti Masters and the finals the next week at Canada. He finished last year ranked #14 in the world after making the SF at the USO also. This year he upset Dudwadkar en route to the Australian Open final(first and only Slam final for him, lost to Kaspar like everyone else does) but surprisingly bowed out in the Round of 16 at both Indian Wells and Miami. Rosenberg is barely 25 and still improving, a hardcourt specialist so we probably won't hear a great deal from him until the late summer. Good athlete and elite serve, but hasn't put enough work into his baseline play. That and the focus on hardcourts makes him less effective elsewhere.

He's made himself into a Top-10 player(#9 in my most recent published supplement), so he's a guy to probably watch later in the year as someone who'll be fighting for a spot at the Tour Finals.