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WASHINGTON - No one has been able to stop Juan Martin del Potro in more than a month. The 19-year-old Argentine, ranked No. 19 in the world, won his 16th straight match Wednesday, beating Dudi Sela 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. "In the end of the second set, when I was close to winning, the match got a little out of hand," del Potro said. "But even after losing the second set I didnt panic." Del Potro had 19 of his 32 unforced errors in the second set, but recovered in the third to extend the streak. Fourth-seeded Tommy Haas also advanced, beating Nicholas Mahut 7-6 (4), 6-3. When the two met in the locker-room early in the day, Haas showed his appreciation for second-seeded del Potros recent streak. Haas licked his finger, touched it to del Potro and made a sizzling sound to acknowledge del Potro is on fire. "Right now hes just full of confidence," Haas said. "When you win 15 matches in a row, he must be feeling pretty good about himself." Del Potro has not lost since Stanislas Wawrinka beat him in the second round of Wimbledon on June 25. Since then, he picked up his first career title in Stuttgart, Germany, and kept the streak going with wins in the Austrian Open and the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles. Its the first time any ATP player has picked up his first three career titles in three straight tournaments. "I cannot believe this moment," del Potro said. In contrast to del Potro, who cruised early before running into trouble, Haas had his tough times early in the match. Serving with a 5-3 lead in the first set, Haas double-faulted three times to give Mahut a break. "That drove me a little bit crazy," Haas said. "Just to not make him play, especially when I was serving for that first set." Those were just the most damaging of seven double faults for Haas in the opening set. Haas said his shoulder was a little bit tight, and after he missed on a few serves he started to overthink the motion. Haas settled in after the first-set tiebreaker, winning the final four games of the second set to end the match. He had no double-faults in the second set. John Isner, last years Legg Mason runner-up, will face del Potro in the quarter-finals after beating Donald Young 6-4, 7-6 (4). "Obviously, the guy has as much confidence as anybody playing tennis today," Isner said. "Ill have to do everything I can to disrupt his flow." Isner was able to throw off Youngs flow with 17 aces in the match, and Young was visibly frustrated at the end of the tiebreaker. After hitting a long unforced error to go down 5-4 in the tiebreaker, Young threw his racket to the ground. After failing to return Isners next serve, Young kicked the racket before going to his bag for a new one. The new racket didnt help Young, who returned Isners final serve wide to send Isner to the next round. The two-set win in Washington was a new experience for Isner. In his first Legg Mason appearance last year, Isner won five matches in third-set tiebreakers before losing to top-seeded Andy Roddick in the final. He again went to the third-set tiebreaker in his opening-round match against No. 8 seed Marcel Granollers. Haas will face Alejandro Falla in the quarter-finals. Falla prevailed in two tiebreakers against Florent Serra, winning 7-6 (2), 7-6 (11). Falla, who defeated fifth-seeded Mardy Fish in the first round, said his right quad was cramping when he was down 6-5 with Serra serving in the second set. He battled through it to force the tiebreaker and throughout the 24-point final game. "Everything happened in the tiebreak," Falla said. "Set point for him, match point for me. It went so long - there were long rallies and some amazing balls." Torrey Smith Jersey . 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The veteran forward wont get a chance to make amends in the third one. The Leafs placed Armstrong on unconditional waivers Saturday with the intention of buying out the final year of his contract. It was a tough blow for the popular Armstrong, who posted a message on Twitter after being delivered the news: "Thanks to the leaf nation for the support over the last couple seasons. Although I had tough luck thanks for everything." The move will open up US$2 million in cap space for Toronto next season and will save the team $1 million in salary overall. Armstrong was scheduled to earn $3 million in the final year of his contract and will instead be paid $1 million by Toronto each of the next two seasons. This was not how Armstrong or the Leafs saw things playing out when he was signed as a free agent in 2010. Expected to bring leadership and grit to a young team, the 29-year-old Armstrong had trouble staying out of the trainers room. There was a broken nose, broken foot, tendon problem in a finger, concussion, badly sprained ankle and a spate of blurred vision and dizzinness.dddddddddddd All in just two star-crossed seasons. "I honestly dont even know what to say about them," Armstrong said of his injury troubles in December. "I tried to wrap my head around them while I was sitting out. The first couple weeks that I was down this time again, I was like, What the hecks going on? "But theres no real answer to it." During his two years with the Maple Leafs, Armstrong dressed for fewer games (79) than he sat out (85). He had just nine goals and 26 points over that span. Extremely popular with teammates and members of the media, Armstrong did his best to remain upbeat under trying circumstances. The Leafs alternate captain only began to show hints of frustration after returning to full health in the second half of last season and being made a scratch repeatedly by former coach Ron Wilson. Armstrong will become an unrestricted free agent after officially being bought out by the Leafs on Sunday, leaving him free to sign with any NHL team. Toronto is now paying two players who are no longer on its roster. The team owes Darcy Tucker $1 million each of the next two seasons as part of his buyout from 2008. ' ' '
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