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NEW YORK -- As excuses go, a tennis player saying he used his cellphone during a Grand Slam match because he wanted to check the time is right up there with my dog ate my homework.But that is precisely the defense Marcos Baghdatis pleaded when given a code violation for scrolling through his iPhone during his fourth-round loss to Gael Monfils at the US Open on Sunday.The former Australian Open finalist was caught holding his phone close to a towel at a changeover after being broken to go down 4-1 in the second set of the match, which he went on to lose 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.Players are not allowed to check cellphones during matches due to rules prohibiting coaching, and chair umpire Alison Hughes issued a warning. The official reason was announced as unsportsmanlike conduct, and Baghdatis was bemused.At the next changeover, he stood near Hughes chair to give his case. What if I want to check the time? I cannot check the time? he asked.The excuse didnt wash, though, given the presence of a giant digital clock on the new Grandstand Stadium court at Flushing Meadows.Baghdatis later changed his tune, saying he picked up his phone because he wanted to send a message to his wife, former top-20 player Karolina Sprem.There are rules, he later told reporters. I guess I broke the rules and I got a warning for it.I never wrote a message to anybody during a match before, but I thought, Why not?But what was so important that he had to tell his wife in the middle of his match?No way Im going to share what the message was, Baghdatis said, laughing. Nice try, though. No way.Baghdatis was playing in his first Grand Slam fourth round since Melbourne in 2009, but Sundays match wasnt an occasion he will remember fondly -- he got just 36 percent of his first serves in against 10-seed Monfils and made 43 unforced errors.I think I had the worst day of my life on my serve, said the 31-year-old.Matt Carpenter Jersey . Here are his mid-season NBA awards. MVP: (KEVIN DURANT-Thunder) - Has been sensational this season and more importantly, the most consistent player in the league. Considering that his team has been without star guard Russell Westbrook and with the free agent departure of sharpshooter Kevin Martin, hes had to carry the majority of the load to not only keep his team afloat but more importantly, at an elite level. Matt Wieters Jersey . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. http://www.authenticcardinalspro.com/cardinals-marcell-ozuna-jersey/ . JOHNS, N. Ozzie Smith Jersey . Calgary scored on the first shift, and Michael Cammalleri scored twice as the Flames cruised to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday. Paul Goldschmidt Jersey . Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots on Saturday in the Oklahoma City Barons 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Heat. The Oilers signed Bryzgalov to a one-year $2 million contract last Friday after shedding payroll by dealing defenceman Ladislav Smid to the Flames.Materiality, the winner of the Grade 1 Florida Derby in 2015, was euthanized in July due to complications from laminitis, according to Steve Young, racing manager for Alto Racing, which owned the colt.Materiality, trained by Todd Pletcher, had been retired in July 2015 after coming out of a workout at Saratoga with a physical issue. He was vanned to Lexington, Ky., and ultimately spent several months at the Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, where he was being treated for laminitis.Earlier this year, Materiality was moved to Scott Morrisons farm -- Morrison is an equine podiatrist at Rood and Riddle -- where the horse continued to fight the deadly disease before succumbing on July 26.He developed laminitis after getting to Kentucky, Young said Saturday at Belmont Park. He was treatedd at Rood and Riddle and later by Dr.dddddddddddd Scott Morrison. He had nothing but good days, but in the end, he didnt make it. He had lots of terrific people at the clinic that tried to save his life.Materiality, a son of Afleet Alex and a half-brother to the graded stakes winner My Miss Sophia, won his first two starts by a combined 10 lengths. He then won the Florida Derby by 1-1/2 lengths over Upstart. He finished sixth behind American Pharoah in the Kentucky Derby and then ran last in the Belmont Stakes.Hes as good a horse as I was ever around, said Young, who picked the horse out of the 2014 Timonium sale of 2-year-olds in training for $400,000. ' ' '