MORNING ROUNDUP
Defending champs eliminated at U.S. Open
Both defending champions have been ousted from the U.S. Open.
No .1 seed ed-Naomi Osaka's 10-match winning streak at the U.S. Open and ti tl e defense ended Monday in the fourth round.
Osaka joined 2018 men's champion Novak Djokovic on the sideline before the quarterfinals, exiting with a 7-5,6-4 loss to the 13 thseeded Be linda Ben cic under a closed roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium on a rainy afternoon. Djokovic stopped playing in his fourth- rounder Sunday night because of a problematic left shoulder.
Osaka has been playing with an achy knee and was given a pain-killing pill by a trainer midway through the second set Monday.
"I honestly didn't move well today. The knee was a little bit annoying in the movement aspect," Osaka said ." But I think that that's something I should have overcome."
In other women's action Monday, No. 25 seed Elise Mer tens from Belgium cruised into her first appearance in the U.S. Open quarterfinals with a 6- 1 , 6- 1 victory over American wild card Kristie Ahn.
Donna Vekic, the No. 23 seed from Croatia, survived a match point to beat Julia Goerges 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3 and advance to the U.S. Open quarterfinals, her deepest run in any Grand Slam
In men's action, No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal easily reached the quarterfinals at a ninth consecutive Grand Slam tournament by powering past 2014 champion Marin Cilic 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
No .13 seed Ga el Monfils of France quickly advanced to his third U.S. Open quarterfinal, needing less than an hour and a half to dispatch Pablo Andujuar 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Monfils next takes on No. 24 Matteo Berrettini, who earlier defeated Andrey Rublev in straight sets to become the first Italian man in the U.S. Open quarterfinals since 1977.
No. 6 Alexander Zverev was undo ne by 17 double- fault sand bowed out to No .20 Diego Schwartzman 3- 6, 6- 2, 6-4, 6-3.
Colts name Jacoby Brissett as starting QB
Jacoby Brissett will be the starting quarterback for the Indianapolis Colsts for the foreseeable future and Brian Hoy er will become Brissett's backup.
A little more than a week after Andrew Luck's abrupt retirement up ended Indy' s longterm plans, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press that Brissett had signed a contract extension.
Br is set t' s deal came just hours after the Colts announced Hoyer, a longtime backup in the league, would join the team as the new No. 2 on the depth.
The Colts acquired Br is set tina trade just before the 2017 season opener from the New England Patriots. He went 4-11 as the starter that season when Luck missed all 16 games.
Jones holds off Larson to win Southern 500
Erik J ones used every bit of stamina he had at D arlington Raceway in South Carolina. Few know better than Jones the effort it took to hold off Joe Gibbs Racing team mate Kyle Busch and win the raindelayed Southern 500.
Jones took the lead from Kyle Larson 85 laps from the end and stayed in front of Busch the rest of the way to add a win at iconic Darlington Raceway with his first NASCAR Cup Series victory at Daytona in July 2018.
Heavy storms late Sunday delayed the start of the race by more than four hours.