Rafael Nadal won his 18th consecutive Grand Slam match by beating fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday in the fourth round of the U.S. Open. The top-seeded Nadal saved all four break points he faced against Lopez and has erased all 13 he's had to deal with this year in New York.

Fernando Verdasco sprinted toward the drop shot, slid on the concrete and barely got to the ball -- then whipped it around the net post and back inside the sideline. For a clean winner. On match point. In a fifth-set tiebreaker. What a way to celebrate "Spain Day" at the U.S. Open. One of the best matches of the tournament ended with arguably the best shot of the tournament -- Verdasco's...

Clijsters' was anything but easy. Struggling with her serve, shaky off both arms and bothered by the wind, defending champion Kim Clijsters barely got past French Open runner-up Sam Stosur of Australia 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the quarterfinals Tuesday night. "After the match, I was like, 'How did I win this?' I didn't feel like I was playing well; Sam is a good player," Clijsters...

Fernando Verdasco has rallied from two sets down for a 5-7, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals. The eighth-seeded Verdasco trailed 4-2 in the fifth set and 4-1 in the fifth-set tiebreaker Tuesday before winning a match that took 4 hours, 23 minutes.

Mark 2010 down as a low point for U.S. men's tennis. The last of 15 American men left in the U.S. Open, 20th-seeded Sam Querrey, lost in the fourth round Tuesday, edged by No. 25 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (9), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 after nearly 4 1/2 hours of quite even, wind-affected play.

Venus Williams is one victory away from reaching the U.S. Open final for the first time since 2002. The No. 3-seeded Williams overcame nine double-faults and beat reigning French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the quarterfinals Tuesday night. The 30-year-old Williams owns seven Grand Slam titles, including the 2000 and 2001 U.S.

France captain Guy Forget has called up Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet to face Argentina in next week's Davis Cup semifinal. France will host Argentina on an indoor hard-court in Lyon from Sept. 17-19. Monfils beat Gasquet this week to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open. The French team also includes Michael Llodra and Gilles Simon, with the experienced Arnaud Clement picked as a...

David Nalbandian has been picked to lead Argentina's undermanned Davis Cup team against France in the semifinals later this month. Captain Modesto Tito Vazquez on Tuesday said Nalbandian will be joined by Juan Monaco, Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos for the matches on Sept. 17-19. All four are ranked outside the ATP's top 30.

Grit was not going to be enough to get Maria Sharapova through this one. Not with nine double-faults, including three in a row. Not with a total of 36 unforced errors. And certainly not with No. 1-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark across the net Monday in the fourth round of the U.S. Open, doing "what she does best," as Sharapova herself put it: getting to nearly every ball and hammering...

Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer beat 13th-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 Monday night to reach the quarterfinals at a 26th consecutive Grand Slam tournament and set up an intriguing rematch with Robin Soderling. No. 5 Soderling of Sweden is the man who ended Federer's streak of 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals with an upset in this year's French Open...

Patrick McEnroe resigned as U.S. Davis Cup captain after 10 years on Monday and will leave after the Americans' playoff against Colombia this month. McEnroe led the United States to a Davis Cup title in 2007. This year, though, the Americans must win in the playoffs to secure a spot in the top tier of the Davis Cup, the first time they have found themselves in that position since 2005.

Noticing Maria Sharapova won 6-0, 6-0 the other day, Kaia Kanepi mentioned to her trainer that the last time she was the victim of a double bagel she was 13. It was looking as though she had jinxed herself when she failed to win a game in her first set against Yanina Wickmayer on Monday in the fourth round of the U.S.

No. 5 Robin Soderling advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, serving 15 aces in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 victory over 21st-seeded Albert Montanes on Monday. Soderling, a popular dark-horse pick because of his past success against Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, moved to the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows for the second straight year.