Nadal gives way in marathon fifth

First, Rafael Nadal erased a two- set deficit. Then, he erased four match points. Nadal could not, however, erase the fifth.

After digging himself out of difficult situations over and over during the course of a encounter that lasted more than 4 ½ hours, Nadal suddenly faltered, getting broken in the last game and losing to 16th- seeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 6- 3, 6- 4, 3- 6, 4- 6, 15- 13 in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday in London.

The surprising defeat extended Nadal’s drought without a quarterfinal berth at the All England Club to six years.

Top seed Andy Murray and No. 3 seed Roger Federer advanced. On the women’s side, No. 10 Venus Williams advanced in straight sets, but top seed Angelique Kerber and No. 5 seed Caroline Wozniacki lost.

Nassar to enter guilty plea

A former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women and girls plans to plead guilty to unrelated charges of possession of child pornography. A court document shows that Dr. Larry Nassar is due in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday to change his plea from not guilty to guilty.

Kings sign vet Carter

The Sacramento Kings signed 40- year- old guard Vince Carter. He entered the league with the Toronto Raptors in 1998. He played the last three seasons for the Memphis Grizzlies.

† The Cleveland Cavaliers signed free agent guard Jose Calderon, 35, to a one- year contract.

† The Kansas City Chiefs promoted co- director of player personnel Brett Veach to general manager. The appointment was announced about 2 ½ weeks after Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt surprisingly fired John Dorsey.

† Free- agent forward Tyler Johnson signed a seven- year, $ 35 million deal to remain with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

† An independent review of the scoring in Manny Pacquiao’s contentious WBO welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn has confirmed the outcome.