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RICHMOND, Va. -- Look at London Fletchers career stats, particularly the column of numbers under the letter "G." Nothing but 16s for "Games" played. On and on and on. Through four years with the St. Louis Rams. Five with the Buffalo Bills. Six with the Washington Redskins. Its become routine to say that Fletcher has never missed a game in his NFL career. Its routine to hear him say that hes been "blessed" with "good genes." Its routine to hear him insist that he only thinks about his playing streak when reporters bring it up. And, every year that passes, the routine becomes more remarkable. Robert Griffin III has missed a game, and hes only played one season. Keenan Robinson, the 2012 draft pick groomed as a possible successor to Fletcher, has already missed five games and had two serious shoulder injuries. He might not play at all this season. Fletchers streak is now at 240, the longest among active players in the NFL. Hes been credited with 1,321 tackles and 608 assists, which translates into nearly 2,000 confrontations with running backs, tight ends and quarterbacks -- and not a single impact that caused him to miss the next game. "London," Griffin said, "has been amazing." Fletcher is now 38, back for another year captaining the Redskins defence as an inside linebacker. It wasnt a sure thing that he would make it back this time. There were times last year when he couldnt practice because of injuries. Then he kept silent for a while after the end of the season and waited until he had ankle and elbow surgeries to proclaim that, no, he never seriously considered retirement. "Its just something where you get up every day and go to work and dont think about it," Fletcher said. "Its pretty much how I go about my business. I get up every day, come to work and dont think about the durability part until somebody brings it up. I feel good. I try to do a lot of different things to keep myself feeling good. The training staff does a great job of working with me, and the coaches do a great job of monitoring my reps and things like that. So I dont think about it a whole lot." Besides, now is not the time to quit. The Redskins went 32-48 in Fletchers first five seasons in Washington, and the losing was starting to wear on him. Now they are the reigning NFC East champs. They are on the rise with Griffin, whose own medical marvel is the speed in which hes returned from reconstructive knee surgery. "Well, if I was impressed with him before (last) season, how do you think I feel about him now?" Fletcher said with a laugh. "I think he exceeded all expectations, and thats really hard for a guy like him to come in with such high expectations. And when you think about it, this franchise has been looking for a franchise quarterback for, I dont know, over 20 years. So to finally get one ..." Fletcher is two-plus seasons away from the record for consecutive games played by a defensive player, Jim Marshalls 282-game run from 1960-79. Hes in the last year of his latest contract, but thats immaterial. As long as he keeps playing well -- hes been second-team All-Pro the last two years -- the Redskins will want him back. "Really, in the National Football League, you are always on your last year of your contract for the most part," Fletcher said. "This is just the nature of the business. I have scratched and clawed my whole career. I came in as an undrafted free agent, so I was on the last year of my contract 16 years ago when you really think about it. Its not something I spend a lot of time with. Im focused on this season and thats pretty much it." Notes: Griffin was a bystander for nearly the entire practice Tuesday as the team prepared for Thursday nights preseason opener against the Tennessee Titans. 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Total: 65,748.MENS SEEDED WINNERS: Third Round: No. 2 Andy Murray, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka, No. 6 Kei Nishikori, No. 8 Dominic Thiem, No. 21 Ivo Karlovic and No. 22 Grigor Dimitrov.MENS SEEDED LOSERS: No. 11 David Ferrer and No. 14 Nick Kyrgios.WOMENS SEEDED WINNERS: Third Round: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 5 Simona Halep, No. 6 Venus Williams, No. 10 Karolina Pliskova and No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro.WOMENS SEEDED LOSERS: No. 17 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, No. 19 Elena Vesnina, No. 25 Caroline Garcia, No. 26 Laura Siegemund and No. 31 Timea Babos.TOP PLAYERS ON COURT SUNDAY (Fourth Round): Men: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Kyle Edmund, No. 4 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 24 Lucas Pouille, No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. No. 26 Jack Sock, No. 10 Gael Monfils vs. Marcos Baghdatis. Women: No. 2 Angelique Kerber vs. No. 14 Petra Kvvitova, No.dddddddddddd 7 Roberta Vinci vs. Lesia Tsurenko, No. 8 Madison Keys vs. Caroline Wozniacki, No. 13 Johanna Konta vs. Anastasija Sevastova.STAT OF THE DAY: 307 -- Career Grand Slam match victories for Serena Williams, passing Martina Navratilova for the most among women players and equaling Roger Federer for the most by all players in the Open era.QUOTE OF THE DAY: I definitely think there is a difference between the way male and female athletes are treated. I also believe that as a woman we have still a lot to do and a lot to be going forward. -- Serena WilliamsSUNDAY ON TV (All Times EDT): 11 a.m.-11 p.m., ESPN2ON THIS DATE (Sept. 4, 2003): The four-day, fourth-round match between Francesca Schiavone and Ai Sugiyama ends with Schiavone winning 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2. The match started at Louis Armstrong Stadium and ended on Court 10 with the players going on and off court seven times because of rain. ' ' '