By CHRIS LEHOURITES, AP Sports Writer
PARIS (AP)—Gustavo Kuerten bid farewell to tennis Sunday in the first round of the French Open, losing 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to Paul-Henri Mathieu at the site of his biggest triumphs.
The former top-ranked Brazilian won three French Open titles.
“Here, it is my life, my passion and my love,” Kuerten said in [...]

By RAF CASERT, AP Sports Writer
LIMELETTE, Belgium (AP)—The determination that helped Justine Henin beat bigger, stronger opponents time and again was fading.
“I decided,” the 25-year-old Belgian said, “to stop fooling myself and accept it.”
Henin retired from tennis Wednesday, an abrupt ending to a career in which she won seven Grand Slam singles titles and spent [...]

By LEONID CHIZHOV, Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW (AP)—No Serena. No Venus. No Lindsay. And no spot in the Fed Cup final for the United States.
Defending champion Russia advanced to its fourth Fed Cup final in five years, clinching its semifinal match when Vera Zvonareva rallied to defeat Vania King 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday. The Russians [...]

By JEROME PUGMIRE, AP Sports Writer
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP)—Rafael Nadal won his first title of the season, defeating top-ranked Roger Federer yet again on clay to claim his fourth consecutive Monte Carlo Masters.
The second-ranked Spaniard won 7-5, 7-5 Sunday, and improved his clay-court record over Federer to 7-1.
“Winning four times here is unimaginable,” said Nadal, [...]

By JAY COHEN, AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP)—Past and present stood across the net from each other during a third-set tiebreaker at Madison Square Garden.
On one end, a winded Pete Sampras tried to summon enough energy to give the New York fans another memorable win to talk about it on the subway ride home. On [...]