Another Brit, exciting prospect Arvind Parmar - who lost to Rusedksi at Wimbledon last year - kicks off the action on centre court against Australian former champion Scott Draper at 1300 BST followed by Rusedski's match.
In a well-off summer community, a property-owner's views on affirmative action or foreign aid have nothing to do with where he stands on such issues as three-acre zoning or who should be eligible for beach-parking permits.
Their main highlight of the opening half was Emanuel Pogatetz returning to action after his lengthy lay-off, coming on for Andrew Taylor in the 30th minute.
Gatland cited the precedents of Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery recently returning to Test action after injury and Scotland having Mike Blair on the bench against Wales following a lengthy lay-off.
The Panel was nice and bright, even eclipsing our LED-backlit XPS M1330 on maximum settings -- though the screen looked washed out, viewed from off-angles -- and featured smooth action and no perceptible audio sync issues when playing a DVD-quality movie.
Smith hesitated a few times on some throws, and was even yelled at by offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg for failing to pull off a play-action bootleg pass.