Friends, however, have suggested that he is a dead ringer for the American star.

Still, as the imported American star, she gets off easy.

They would love American stars, and we need them to make a quantum leap.

"We get less money than the American stars," he said.

She has met many of the American stars, and they have been kind.

Their answer - to bring in an American star.

Sadly, as practice began, a rising American star was absent from the field.

But the most established American stars fared better than generation next.

And perhaps there was more to it than having to face a rising 14-year-old American star.

But the American stars all had other priorities this spring.