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LONDON -- Novak Djokovics shot at a true Grand Slam came to a stunning halt Saturday at Wimbledon as the top seed lost to American Sam Querrey.In a match interrupted Saturday by three rain delays after being suspended in progress because of showers a night earlier, the hard-serving Querrey ousted Djokovic 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in a third-round match at the All England Club.Congratulation to Sam. He played a terrific match, said Djokovic, who had won the past four major titles and was bidding to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win them all in the same year. He serves very well, as he usually does. I think that part of his game was brutal today. He made a lot of free points with the first serve. Just well done. He just overpowered me.Djokovic had won 30 consecutive Grand Slam matches, the longest such run by a man in nearly a half-century. He didnt just appear to be unbeatable at the majors. He was.No longer. His magical streaks are gone, including two successive titles at the All England Club and 28 Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances in a row, all brought to a sudden, stunning end by a player who has never participated in a major quarterfinal. With 31 aces against as good a returner as there is, Querrey did what no one else could for so long.He just overpowered me, said Djokovic, who added that he wasnt 100 percent healthy but wouldnt say what was wrong. He said he ? will not play in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Britain this month.I believe in positive things in life, and I managed to win four Grand Slams in a row -- two different seasons, though, he said. I want to try to focus on that rather than failure.Play ended for the day at Wimbledon with four mens third-round matches suspended in progress Saturday night.That includes No. 7 Richard Gasquet leading Albert Ramos-Vinolas, No. 18 John Isner leading No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and No. 32 Lucas Pouille leading 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, all by two sets to one.No. 15 Nick Kyrgios and No. 22 Feliciano Lopez were even at a set apiece.Things began looking bleak for Djokovic, the world No. 1, when the match began Friday and he dropped the first two sets against Querrey, an American ranked 41st. After play was halted by rain, a recurring theme in this contest and the tournament as a whole, Djokovic came back out Saturday and played much better.He took the third set, then went up a break in the fourth at 5-4 by pounding a forehand winner that brought coach Boris Becker to his feet. But serving to even the match at two sets apiece, Djokovic faltered.That game included two calls against Djokovic that, according to the BBC broadcast, were incorrect, but he was out of challenges and couldnt ask for a review. Querrey, 0-for-6 on break points in the set until then, converted No. 7 when Djokovics poor forehand volley found the net for 5-all.In the closing tiebreaker, Djokovic led 3-1, but Querrey hung in there, and a stray forehand by the big favorite sailed wide to end it.Probably not the best hes ever played, said Querrey, who plays Frances ?Nicolas Mahut? next, but not the worst hes ever played.Said Djokovic: I had my chances maybe in the fourth set, serving for the set. In the tiebreak, I was leading. Just wasnt feeling the ball as well as I wished. But thats sport.Its the first loss for Djokovic at any major tournament in more than a year: He was beaten by Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final in June 2015. Since then, Djokovic won his third trophy at Wimbledon last July, his second at the US Open in September, his sixth at the Australian Open in January, and his first at the French Open less than a month ago.As I said, you know, in sports everything is possible, Djokovic said. If youre playing somebody of as a high quality as Sam Querrey is on this surface with a big serve, anything can happen. I was a few points away from losing last year against Kevin Anderson in a very similar match on the same court. Sometimes it works in your favor, sometimes against. You got to deal with that.Laver remarked Saturday that he felt Djokovic might very well be the player who would end his distinction as the last man to win a calendar-year Grand Slam. But as he watched the match against Querrey, Laver said, he was struck by Djokovics lower-than-usual level of play.?That was sort of quite a surprise, seeing Novak getting knocked out. I thought he was going to get the title, Laver said in a telephone interview. I dont know whether it was the pressure or whether he wasnt feeling up to full power. ... It didnt look like he was ready to play a big match.Querrey, who became the first American to beat Djokovic at a Grand Slam event since Andy Roddick (2009), finished the match with 31 aces. Querrey improved to 21-1 in his career when he wins the first two sets.Im really excited. Its an unbelievable win, Querrey said in a postmatch interview before heading off to play doubles. To do it here at Wimbledon is really special. ... I ? served well the whole time, played a great tiebreaker at the end to get the win.He has never made it past the fourth round at any major. The last time an American man beat the No. 1 seed at a Grand Slam event, Andre Agassi ousted Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals of the 2002 US Open.Querrey will be joined in the fourth round by countryman Steve Johnson, who ? beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-2 to reach the round of 16 for the first time in 17 Grand Slam appearances. Johnson will play Roger Federer? next.Andy Murray made his way into the fourth round by beating Australias John Millman 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.In other action, fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori also reached the fourth round -- equaling his best performance at the All England Club -- with a quick 7-5, 6-3, 7-5 win over Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia.Nishikori, who made only 14 unforced errors, will next face Marin Cilic, who beat the Japanese star in the 2014 U.S. Open final.Since then, Nishikori has won both of his matches with Cilic, both last year on outdoor hard courts. Their fourth-round match will be their first on grass.Other seeded players to advance include ? No. 11 David Goffin? and No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut, who dispatched No. 19 Bernard Tomic in straight sets.Meanwhile, the second round was finally completed -- two days later than normal because of weather issues -- as Alexander Zverev? beat Mikhail Youzhny?6-4, 3-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.Action will resume Sunday. Rain has been a real problem at Wimbledon this week, and organizers have decided to play on the middle Sunday for only the fourth time in the tournaments 139-year history.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Cheap Puma Shoes China . Thousands of fans at Mosaic Stadium will be cozying up to each other in an effort to stay warm in chilly temperatures and block the Prairie wind that locals say can knock your socks off. Puma Shoes Wholesale China . 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So much for James Hardens creaky ankle.Harden became the first Houston Rockets player to score at least 40 points, dish out 15 assists, and grab at least five rebounds in a game when he posted 41-15-7 line in a 128-120 loss at Cleveland on Tuesday.The veteran point guard has been playing through the ankle injury, but it hasnt slowed him down. He comes into Madison Square Garden averaging 32.2 points when the Rockets (2-2) face the New York Knicks on Wednesday in the second game of a five-game road swing.Harden pulled the Rockets within three points with 1:08 left Tuesday, but Trevor Aziza and Eric Gordon both missed deep jumpers for Houston.Youre playing against a team, especially on the road, and they make tough shots, Harden said. They didnt miss the last five or six minutes of the game. Some shots we wanted to live with and some shots they just made. Good test for us.Harden has been playing point guard in place of Patrick Beverley, who remains out after undergoing arthroscopic left knee surgery on Oct. 25.Ariza left the Cleveland game in the third quarter after bumping heads with Tristan Thompson. Ariza needed five stitches before returning to the court with a bandage under his right eye.The forward told the Houston Chronicle, I think it was a head-butt, but its all good. Its part of the game.The game marks the return to the Garden for Rockets coach Mike DAntoni, who guided the Knicks for 3 1/2 years before resigning 42 games into the 2011-12 season. Houston has won six straightt at the Garden.ddddddddddddThe Knicks (1-2) also will be playing their second game in as many nights after dropping a 102-89 decision to the Pistons in Detroit. Forward Carmelo Anthony paced the Knicks with 24 points, and Derek Rose added 19 points, his top total since coming over via a trade with the Chicago Bulls.New York shot 40.7 percent from the floor in the loss.It just didnt go down tonight, but when the shots arent falling, thats when we have to depend on our defense even more, Rose said. Were playing against tough teams, and we have to come out and compete on the defensive end, especially when were not making shots.In a bad sign for the Knicks heading into the send half of a back-to-back set, coach Jeff Hornacek felt his team was fatigued late in the Tuesday contest.At the beginning of the game, a lot of the focus was on the offense, Hornacek said. I thought (the Pistons) played well the second half, and maybe that took a certain amount of conditioning on offense and defense. ... We just looked like we ran out of gas at the end.Rose added, We have to build an identity and we will. All of this is a learning process. Figuring things out.The Knicks lead the all-time series with the Rockets 70-67. Last season, the teams split their matchups, with the Knicks winning 107-102 at Houston and the Rockets earning a 116-111 overtime victory at New York. ' ' '