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AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Kyle Busch won for the 10th time in the Xfinity Series this season with a victory at Phoenix International Raceway on the night NASCARs second-tier series set its inaugural championship field.The final four for next weekends race at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be a battle between Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Joe Gibbs.Both car owners got two drivers each into the championship field the first year NASCAR rolled out the Chase for its lower two national series. The Chase uses the same elimination format as the Sprint Cup Series, and eight drivers were competing for the final four slots on Saturday night.Daniel Suarez and Erik Jones, both driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, got in. JR Motorsports qualified Justin Allgaier and Elliott Sadler.After the race, Sadlers car was inspected for a lug nut infraction. NASCAR announced the car had two loose nuts but Sadler wont receive a penalty and he will be racing for the title next weekend. Sadlers crew chief Kevin Meendering will be suspended for the championship race.I think we might have a loose lug. Theyll look at it. But, hey, we did what we had to do, Sadler said.Sadler, a longtime NASCAR veteran, is seeking his first title at the national level and has his best chance this year in this winner-take-all format.Were pumped about it -- we really put all our eggs in one basket, and thats that Homestead car, he said.Allgaier had to stretch a drying gas tank over the closing laps to claim his spot and keep Blake Koch out of the field. Koch was keeping an eye postrace on Sadlers situation, but immediately apologized for an earlier incident with Darrell Wallace Jr. that knocked Wallace out of title contention.Busch, meanwhile, is racing Sunday for a spot in Sprint Cups final four. New rules will make him ineligible to race in any Chase races in a lower series next year, so this was his last victory in the fall race at Phoenix.Busch noted hed learned something about the tires by running the Xfinity race, and he planned to confer with his Cup team to get better prepared for Sundays main event. The reigning Sprint Cup champion had the fastest car in Saturdays final practice.We got a lot better. I feel like were at least in the ballpark, Busch said of Sunday. Weve got a top-five race car and well go from there.Brendan Gaughans championship chances ended when he wrecked with 63 laps remaining. He was in a must-win situation and came to Phoenix last in the eight-driver standings.Wallace, who was seventh in the standings, was wrecked when Koch ran into Wallaces lane and caused the accident. 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Total: 61,660.MENS RESULTS (Fourth Round): No. 2 Andy Murray routed No. 22 Grigor Dimitrov, losing only five games; No. 3 Stan Wawrinka defeated Illya Marchenko in four sets; No. 6 Kei Nishikori beat No. 21 Ivo Karlovic in straight sets; and unseeded Juan Martin del Potro defeated No. 8 Dominic Thiem by retirement in the second set.WOMENS RESULTS (Fourth Round): No. 1 Serena Williams reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the 14th time, beating unseeded Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets; unseeded Ana Konjuh upset No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets; No. 5 Simona Halep topped No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro, also in straight sets; and No. 10 Karolina Pliskova outlasted two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams in three sets.TOP PLAYERRS ON COURT TUESDAY (Quarterfinals): Men: No.dddddddddddd 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 9 Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, No. 10 Gael Monfils vs. No. 24 Lucas Pouille. 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