Stanislas Wawrinka beat Sam Querrey in five sets to put two Swiss men in a Grand Slam quarterfinals for the first time in the Open era -- and keep the Americans out of the U.S. Open quarters for the second straight year. After waiting out that nearly 4 1/2-hour match, Venus Williams defeated French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal since...

Twelfth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open, beating Tommy Robredo of Spain 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday. The 2006 U.S. Open semifinalist faced just three break points, but Robredo converted his only one in the third to win the set. Robredo was the lowest-ranked man left in draw at No.

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...

Before the first ball was struck Tuesday at the U.S. Open, this much was certain: Spain would be the day's big winner. Sparked by Rafael Nadal's surge to the top of tennis, the country has produced six men in the world's top 25 and six of the final 16 players at the U.S. Open. There were two all-Spanish matchups Tuesday, meaning there's a guarantee that at least one will advance all...

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.

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...