WATCH: Jim Courier advises the Tsitsipas family to seek therapy

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil's main flagbearer on the men's tennis tour for the last decade, has retired after losing in straight sets to sixth-seeded Sebastian Baez 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Rio Open. The 35-year-old Bellucci is now preparing to transition into coaching.

WARM & FUZZY: Ben Shelton

Iga Swiatek - Seed: 1 - Career-Best Ranking: 1 - Age: 22 - Career Titles: 18 - Grand Slam Titles: 4 — French Open (2020, 2022, 2023), U.S. Open (2022) When will Swiatek play her Australian Open first round? Iga Swiatek is set to kick off her 2024 Australian Open

Jelena Ostapenko vs. Victoria Azarenka There is no other way to say this: the arena may erupt for this third-round match. From the celebrations on crucial points to the grunting for powerful groundstrokes to the intense service games, fans are in for a treat with this one. That said, fans

Sebastian Korda put up a good fight in a loss to Daniil Medvedev in the round of 32 at Indian Wells. The American will now look to build on that performance at the Miami Open, where he’ll take on Roberto Bautista Agut in the round of 64. Bautista Agut has

MATCH POINT: Berrettini tops FAA inside TD Garden

STUTTGART, Germany (AP)—Richard Gasquet will play his first Davis Cup singles match in three years when he opens France’s quarterfinal series in Germany against Florian Mayer. “It’s going to be difficult, Gasquet has played well on clay,” said Germany’s No. 1 Mayer, who has a 1-1 record against the Frenchman.

Starting on December 7—the 25th day left in 2010—TENNIS.com will countdown from the year-end No. 25 on both tours with "The Last Word," a look back at the year that was and a look ahead at the season to come. Here's who we've looked at so far. **Best of 2010

NEW YORK—The best thing I can say about the fourth-round match between No. 6 seed Tomas Berdych and Austrian wunderkind Dominic Thiem is that it was over quickly. How many matches at this stage of a Slam can you recall in which a player fell just one point short of

Nick Kyrgios and three-time defending champion John Isner battled for the 2016 Atlanta Open title. With wins under his belt against Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, and two Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances before he turned 20, Nick Kyrgios entered the 2016 season as one of the brightest young talents in

There is no more intimidating sight on a tennis court than seeing Novak Djokovic set up to return serve. With his lean upper body tilted far over his splayed out muscular legs, his iron jaw taut, and his dark eyes locked in on his opponent, the world No. 1 is

TOKYO -- Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro beat Milos Raonic of Canada, 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Sunday to win the Japan Open and claim his third title of the season. Del Potro got the only break of the match to go up 6-5 in the second set and then held

PARIS -- Defending champion Maria Sharapova overcame 11 double-faults and earned a return trip to the French Open final Thursday, beating Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in a match punctuated by shrieks and grunts. Sharapova's opponent Saturday will be the winner of the semifinal between No. 1 Serena Williams and

PARIS (AP) The French pair of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic secured a rare triumph Sunday for the home nation at the French Open, winning the doubles for their first major title in the discipline. The fifth-seeded pair beat Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, the No. 7-seeded duo from Russia,

While there are no ranking points on offer, or official head-to-head matches to count, this week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the stakes are lucrative for Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and the other players participating in the Six Kings Slam exhibition event. But just how much are the "kings" adding to

Zheng Qinwen came so close to winning the WTA Finals, leading Coco Gauff by a set and a break at 6-3, 3-1 in the final, as well as 2-0 and 5-3 in the third set. But even though the Olympic gold medalist ended up falling just short to the American,

On Sunday, March 9, 17-year-old sensation Mirra Andreeva will take on Clara Tauson at Indian Wells. This is a rematch of last week's Dubai final, which Andreeva won her first career 1000-level title. That 7-6 (1), 6-1 match was somewhat interesting, as Tauson was clearly running on fumes late in

It’s been a week since Diego Dedura’s over-the-top reaction to earning his first ATP victory via retirement was seen around the world, and his opponent is still not over it. The pair faced off at the BMW Open in Munich last Tuesday, with Denis Shapovalov, the No. 2 seed, bowing

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Men to watch at the Australian Open, which begins Monday (seedings in parentheses): ROGER FEDERER (1) Age: 28 Country: Switzerland 2009 Match Record: 61-12 2009 Singles Titles: 4 Career Singles Titles: 61 Major Titles: 15 - U.S. Open ('04, '05, '06, '07, '08), Australian Open ('04, '06, '07),