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. 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He faked a handoff to Chris Thompson, tucked the ball away and ran to the right around the outside to score against a defense that didnt expect him to be carrying the ball in a critical situation. Cousins finished 30 of 39 for 301 yards with a TD and a fumble.We moved the football, he said. We were productive in tthat sense for much of the game and then you have to finish.dddddddddddd Every play matters.INJURY REPORTBoth teams lost their top cornerback to an injury during the game. Washingtons Josh Norman was knocked out of the game with a concussion, landing hard on his left shoulder after giving up a 52-yard pass to Marvin Jones in the third quarter. Detroits Darius Slay left the game with a hamstring injury in the second quarter.The Redskins were without standout TE Jordan Reed for a second straight game because of a concussion. Vernon Davis replaced him in the lineup and had season highs with six receptions and 79 yards. Redskins OT Trent Williams had a knee sprain and is scheduled for an MRI on Monday.Detroits banged-up backfield, which is missing Dwayne Washington (ankle) and Theo Riddick (ankle), created an opportunity for Justin Forsett to play a larger role in his second game with the team. Forsett was given the ball on four straight plays at one point and finished with eight carries for 33 yards and two receptions for 15 yards.COSTLY FUMBLESDetroit made field goals after each of Washingtons lost fumbles, including Matt Jones into the Lions end zone early in the game. Jones appeared to move down on the depth chart after the turnover as Thompson and Robert Kelley got more carries, but Gruden insisted the starter wasnt benched. Im not going to give up on him for fumbling, Gruden said.STREAK STOPPEDDetroits Zach Zenner scored on a 1-yard run midway through the third quarter against a defense that hadnt given up a TD in nine quarters, giving Detroit a 10-3 lead.LUCKY BOUNCEStafford completed a 16-yard pass to Golden Tate in the first quarter that bounced off the back of Bashaud Breeland.UP NEXTThe Redskins play Cincinnati in London.Detroit hits the road to face Houston after being at home for three straight games.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Larry Lage at http://www.twitter.com/larrylage and follow his work at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/larry-lage ' ' '