doing against Fuller.Judge Camille Buras was scheduled to hear the arguments on Wednesday.

The hard-court season is usually a nicely paced escalation through the US Open Series of linked tournaments to the climax of the Grand Slam season at the US Open.Not so this year.This summer promises to be an extra long, hard and riveting march to the climax in Arthur Ashe Stadium, because the calendar includes the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (tennis starts Aug. 6).The six-week US Open Series action starts on Monday with the WTA event at Stanford (ESPN2 and WatchESPN will broadcast over 70 hours of all eight Road to the US Open events).Here are five key storylines for the coming hard-court season:1. The Olympics effect is impossible to predictThe stakes in Rio are huge, but playing there is a gamble in more ways than one. The tournament offers no ranking points. Many pros, including Roger Federer, will be eligible to participate in all three events: singles, doubles and mixed doubles. That means players will look at preparation with very different eyes -- and face different problems if they do well.Just how profoundly this will affect the contenders is difficult to gauge. Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber, for example, are the reigning champions at big tournaments before Rio. Murray will defend his Rogers Cup title in Toronto in late July, but Kerber has elected to skip Stanford. Shes focusing on Rio. Educated guess: Top contenders who play in the coming weeks will use the pre-Olympic events as training camp.2. American men have teed it up for a good summerThe U.S. men smell blood on the asphalt. Two of their top four singles players, No. 16 John Isner and No. 29 Sam Querrey, arent even taking part in the Olympics. Theyre putting all their eggs into the US Open Series basket. Its understandable, because the American men have momentum coming out of Wimbledon. Just dont expect the U.S. mens team to light it up in Rio, except perhaps in doubles. The singles squad, provisionally, consists of No. 26 Jack Sock, No. 25 Steve Johnson and two players outside the top 100, Denis Kudla and Brian Baker.Isner, Querrey, Sock and Johnson each made it at least to the third round at Wimbledon, and all prefer hard courts to grass. Each has a special reason to excel this summer. Querrey is proving critics wrong with his suddenly steely temperament. At 23, Socks peak-and-valley nature is leveling off. Johnson won his first title this summer and has all the mental tools. Isner, foregoing the Olympics, will be fresh for all the other events and historically does the most damage at this time of year.3. How much gas will Serena Williams have left in the tank?Williams has a glorious problem. But its still a problem. With her masterful win at Wimbledon, shes poised to surpass Steffi Graf as the Open eras most prolific Grand Slam singles title winner (theyve each won 22). But Rio comes first. She will be vying to become the first two-time singles gold medalist (as well as seeking her fourth doubles gold). It would make her one of the most distinguished of all Olympians.Entered in the Montreal WTA event, Williams may have as little as five days off before the start of Olympic tennis play, which lasts nine days. Williams is almost 35 years old; Rio will be physically and emotionally exhausting if she goes deep. Her task at the US Open (it starts 15 days after the last day of Olympic tennis play and just eight days after the closing ceremony) will be formidable.4. Are we witnessing Roger Federers last big dance?While Williams left Wimbledon triumphantly, her closest peer, Roger Federer, departed shrouded in mystery. Also 34, the Swiss icon may have missed his last opportunity to win Wimbledon when he lost control of his semifinal and was eliminated by Milos Raonic.Federer said years ago that he wanted to remain a factor in tennis until the Rio Games. He hit that goal with ease, but things suddenly plunged downhill this year: left knee surgery, back problems and the disappointment at Wimbledon, even though Novak Djokovic was finally out of his way.Federer has never won Olympic singles gold. He is still ranked No. 3. If he can take the punishment in Rio and through the hard-court season and then contend at the US Open once again, hes entitled to declare his intent to play until the Tokyo Games of 2020. Its a big if, though.5. Cincinnati, the land of opportunityThe Cincinnati combined Masters/Premier 5 tournament is usually the high point of the US Open Series leading to the grand finale in New York. Its perfectly positioned as the ideal tune-up for the last major. Unfortunately, this year it also begins the day after the men play their singles final and the women wrap up the doubles in Rio.A lot of good players wont be around to ride The Beast roller coaster at Kings Island this August. 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However, she agreed to a postponement for two days after Fuller said he has more information to file to back up his motion.Hayes is set for trial Sept. 20. Prosecutors say he provoked an April 9 confrontation by ramming his SUV into one driven by Smith -- after Smith had earlier bumped the rear of Hayes vehicle.The defense aattorney has argued that Smith was the aggressor and that Hayes fired in self-defense after Smith went to his own car to get his gun.ddddddddddddThe motion to remove Cannizzaro was made last week following a story in Nola.comThe Times-Picayune on a 206-page report Cannizzaro sent to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. In the report, Cannizzaro alleges that Fuller and others sought to intimidate witnesses and jeopardized the safety of witnesses in cases unrelated to Smiths death.The report, which has not been made public, also alleges that Fuller is under federal investigation. The local U.S. attorney declined comment.Hayes is also accused of attempted murder in the wounding of Smiths wife, who was shot in the legs. ' ' '