IMPORTANT BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) a' For the final few games, the other frustrating Novak Djokovic from across the internet wore a lavender shirt, a sweatband, black shoes with lime trim and a blue hat. Tommy Haas won ugly, becoming the oldest man to defeat a No. 1-ranked person in 30 years. Eight days shy of his 35th birthday, visit veteran Haas beat three-time winner Novak Djokovic in the fourth round of the Sony Open, 6-2, 6-4. The angry Tuesday night snapped Djokovic's 14-match winning streak at Key Biscayne, where he won the tournament yesteryear couple of years. "This is crazy," Haas said. "Playing against some body like Novak and being released on the top currently of my career, it is unbelievable." As for Haas' outfit: "Yeah, I'm quite slow I think as it pertains to color matching," he explained. "Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror before I venture out and I am like, 'Geez, that which was I thinking'? I guess if I perhaps had a clothing deal it would be different." The top-ranked Djokovic has lost two of his previous four fits after winning 22 in a row, like the Australian Open for his sixth Grand Slam title. "All the credit to Tommy," Djokovic said. "He enjoyed an excellent fit and he was the higher person, no question about it." Haas increased to 2-14 against No. 1-ranked people. His only other win came against Andre Agassi in 1999. The oldest player in the leading 50, Haas is making his 13th appearance at Key Biscayne and advanced the tournament's quarterfinals for the very first time. His challenger Wednesday is going to be No. 11 Gilles Simon, who rallied past No. 7 Janko Tipsarevic, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. Mike Querrey lasted only 50 minutes in the last round and lost to Tomas Berdych, 6-1, 6-1. Querrey was playing his first match because the No. 1 American on his removal, and the ATP Tour implies that for the first time, the 28-year-old contest may have no U.S. men in the quarterfinals. The shutout may be the indication of declining fortunes for American golf. "I think you might say it is been somewhat of typical the last number of years," Querrey said. "It isn't like we had people in the week in, week out." National effects on the women's side have already been better lately, thanks mainly to No. 1-ranked Serena Williams. The five-time Key Biscayne winner high level to Thursday's semifinals and tied the women's record for career victories in the tournament by beating No. 5-seeded Li Na 6-3, 7-6 (5). Williams' opponent in the semifinals Thursday will undoubtedly be protecting success Agnieszka Radwanska, who hit a shot behind her back for a winner on the way to a win over No. 30 Kirsten Flipkens, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. With temperatures in the 50s for the final fit of the evening, Djokovic appeared out of sorts from the start. Throughout his second service game he became annoyed at supporters yelling as he was going to serve. "It is the worst fit I've played in an extended time," Djokovic said. "I only did not feel well on the court. Conditions were actually much, much not the same as what I've performed in previous matches. Balls didn't jump at all. He's a very level images. The variety was used by him very well. It absolutely was cold, and I simply didn't locate a better solution to come back." Consecutive forehand errors were hit by djokovic to lose serve and fall behind 3-2, the beginning of a where Haas won six consecutive games. Spectacular winners were hit three by the German to separate again for a 5-2 guide, and Djokovic double-faulted to lose serve once more in the opening game of the next set. Djokovic broke for the only time to reach 3-all, but lost his function again. The victory was closed out by haas with a forehand champion, then provided a hot change at the web with a thoughtful Djokovic, who gave a to the group as the court was left by him. His age wasn't looked by haas right away, and not because he played with his hat on backward. He played patiently from the standard, combining the rate of his images to win a series of lengthy rallies, and winners were repeatedly whacked by him when Djokovic tried to force the matter by coming forward. "I am only really happy and pleased that tonight, against this kind of great person who has been dominating the sport the past year or two, I really took advantageous asset of the opportunities I got," Haas said. "I think I enjoyed acutely well." While Williams continues to take over the WTA Tour, no American man has reached the past five Grand Slam quarterfinals. The view wasn't helped by the retirement of Andy Roddick, whose 2003 U.S. Open championship could be the most recent significant name by way of a U.S. male. Querrey was playing his first tournament as the top American, and he handled his best showing in ten looks at Key Biscayne, assisted by a walkover in the next round. His forehand and serve let him down against Berdych, however. The 6-foot-6 Querrey came into contest minute on the tour in aces in 2010, but he had only four against Berdych, and produced only 39 percent of his first acts. "Just one particular bad days," Querrey said. "The more you miss, the tougher it extends to obtain the ball in. It just kept getting worse." No. 2 Andy Murray, the success in 2009 and runner-up last year, beat No. 16 Andreas Seppi 6-2, 6-4. His challenger Wednesday is going to be No. 9 Marin Cilic, who beat No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-6 (4). No. 8 Richard Gasquet hit 17 aces, including three in the ultimate tiebreaker, defeated No. 10 Nicolas Almagro 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (3). Gasquet will next experience No. 4 Berdych. No. 3 David Ferrer beat No. 13 Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-2. Ferrer's challenger Wednesday is going to be unseeded Jurgen Melzer, who rallied past Albert Ramos, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
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