By Tracy Zwick

If you’re a tennis fan, you may have already seen Columbia Men’s Tennis number 1 Michael Zheng in NCAA action at the university’s state-of-the-art Milstein Family Tennis Center . On Tuesday, you can watch collegiate champion Zheng compete with pros in the “qualies,” the qualifying tournament of the US Open main draw. And there’s no charge to watch during this Fan Week at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows.

Of 128 players competing in the qualies, just 16 will earn a place in next week’s main draw, with international tennis stars like Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Coco Gauff, and Emma Raducanu.

This is Zheng’s third year to compete in the qualies, and Columbia University head coach Howard Endelman says he is playing “the best tennis he’s

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