NEW YORK – A look at Monday’s play at the $42.3 million U.S. Open tennis championships:
WEATHER: Mostly sunny and hot. High of 90.
ATTENDANCE: Day: 37,733. Night: 23,771.
MEN’S WINNERS: Fourth Round: No. 2 Roger Federer, No. 5 Stan Wawrinka, No. 12 Richard Gasquet, and No. 15 Kevin Anderson.
MEN’S LOSERS: No. 3 Andy Murray, No. 6 Tomas Berdych, No. 13 John Isner and Donald Young.
WOMEN’S WINNERS: Fourth Round: No. 2 Simona Halep, No. 5 Petra Kvitova, No. 20 Victoria Azarenka and No. 26 Flavia Pennetta.
WOMEN’S LOSERS: No. 22 Sam Stosur, No. 24 Sabine Lisicki, Johanna Konta and Varvara Lepchenko.
ON COURT TUESDAY (Quarterfinals): Men: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs No. 18 Feliciano Lopez, No. 9 Marin Cilic vs No. 19 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Women: No. 1 Serena Williams vs No. 23 Venus Williams, Kristina Mladenovic vs Roberta Vinci.
STAT OF THE DAY: 10 of 11 – The number of break points converted by Simona Halep in her 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-2 victory over Sabine Lisicki.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You have Roger and Rafa and Novak and Andy and then you have Stan in there now, Berdych. ... If you’re not seeded in the top eight or whatever and you’re playing one of those guys in the third, fourth round, it’s tough to beat them.” –Donald Young, on why American players haven’t reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal since 2011.
TUESDAY ON TV (All Times EDT): Noon-11 p.m., ESPN.
ON THIS DATE (Sept. 8, 1957): Althea Gibson becomes the first black player to win a US Championships title, defeating Louise Brough in straight sets.