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Keys crushes Cibulkova to reach U.S. Open quarters

Madison Keys maintained her dominance over Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova with a 6-1 6-3 victory on Monday to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals. The 14th-seeded American, looking to go one better than her runner-up finish at Flushing Meadows last year, relied on both her dangerous serve and powerful groundstrokes to deny Cibulkova any chance of an upset win.

Murray rules himself out of Davis Cup playoff tie versus Uzbekistan

Andy Murray has decided to skip Britain's Davis Cup playoff tie against Uzbekistan in Glasgow to focus on his rehabilitation following hip surgery. The former world number one returned to best-of-five-set tennis for the first time in 14 months at the U.S. Open last week but, after hobbling to defeat in the second round, he decided to skip the Sept. 14-16 World Group playoff tie.

Serena faces a tough test against red-hot Pliskova

Serena Williams returns to Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday to face Karolina Pliskova in the U.S. Open quarter-finals, while defending champions Rafael Nadal and Sloane Stephens are also in action. For six-times champion Williams, who is seeking her first Grand Slam title since becoming a mother last September, this may be her toughest test yet in New York as the Czech eighth seed has rediscovered the form that took her to the 2016 final.

Pan, Ancer advance in FedEx Cup playoffs

Taiwan's C.T. Pan and Mexico's Abraham Ancer salvaged their FedEx Cup playoff runs thanks to top-10 finishes in the Dell Technologies Championship. There were 100 players eligible to start the Dell event outside Boston, the second of four tournaments in the PGA Tour's postseason. Only the top 70 in the point standings after Sunday are eligible to play in the third playoff event, the BMW Championship, which starts Thursday outside Philadelphia.

MLB notebook: Judge savors 'big step' in recovery

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is seeing progress after swinging a bat on Monday for the first time since he fractured his right wrist on July 26. Judge took 25 dry swings and then 25 off a tee with a ball prior to the Yankees' road game against the Oakland Athletics. He said he felt no pain while swinging with maximum effort.

Nike features NFL's Kaepernick among athletes in 'Just Do It' campaign

Nike Inc has chosen Colin Kaepernick, the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem as a protest against racism, as one of the faces for advertisements commemorating the 30th anniversary of its "Just Do It" slogan, a move that could draw U.S. President Donald Trump's ire. "Colin has been a Nike athlete since 2011," Nike spokeswoman Sandra Carreon-John said on Monday. "Colin is one of a number of athletes being featured as part of our 30th anniversary of Just Do It."

Djokovic beats heat and Sousa to reach U.S. Open quarters

Novak Djokovic sweated his way to a 6-3 6-4 6-3 fourth-round win over Portugal's Joao Sousa as the heat returned to the U.S. Open on Monday, setting up a potential quarter-final with second seed Roger Federer. Djokovic improved his perfect record in U.S. Open fourth round contests to 11-0, leaving it to Federer, who plays Australian John Millman in the late contest on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court, to give the fans a mouthwatering match-up.

NFL notebook: Steelers' Bell a no-show

The Pittsburgh Steelers opened their first practice of the regular season the way they ended the final practice of the preseason -- without All-Pro running back Le'Veon Bell. Bell was absent when practice began Monday morning at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. He didn't show up for training camp and has not signed his $14.54 million franchise-tag tenders.

Nishikori outclasses Kohlschreiber to reach U.S. Open quarters

Kei Nishikori will hope to make another deep run at his most successful Grand Slam event after he outclassed Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-2 7-5 to reach quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on another blazingly hot day on Monday. The Japanese 21st seed, a finalist at Flushing Meadows in 2014 and a semi-finalist in 2016, fired 29 winners to end the run of Germany's Kohlschreiber, who had beaten fourth seed Alexander Zverev in the previous round.

Sharapova beat by birthday girl Suarez Navarro in New York

Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro celebrated her 30th birthday in style at the U.S. Open on Monday by beating Russian Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-3 to book her place in the quarter-finals. Sharapova, the 2006 champion, had never lost a night session match in New York prior to her first Grand Slam meeting with Suarez Navarro.

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