Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Emotional Djere wins Rio Open for first ATP title

Laslo Djere won his first ATP title at the Rio Open on Sunday and then captured the hearts of the Brazilian crowd with a victory speech dedicated to his parents, both of whom died from cancer. The unseeded Serbian beat Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3 7-5 in the final to cap the best week of his career before choking back the tears as he dedicated the trophy to his parents. ATP roundup: Tsitsipas wins Open 13 Provence for second title

Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas outdueled Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5, 7-6 (5) to win the Open 13 Provence title in Marseille, France on Sunday to claim the second ATP Tour title of his career. Tsitsipas, 20, delivered 14 aces but still had to fight off the Kazakhstan native in a second-set tiebreaker to prevail. His other official title came last season in Stockholm. He also triumphed in Milan at the ATP Next Gen Finals in November. Johnson clinches 20th title with runaway Mexico win

Dustin Johnson collected his 20th PGA Tour victory in some style on Sunday when he ran away with the WGC-Mexico Championship by five strokes to move up to number two in the world. Johnson carded a closing five-under-par 66 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City to claim the World Golf Championships event for the second time in three years. Athletics: Brazier runs fastest ever 600m, teen Mu sets U.S. women's record

Donavan Brazier romped to the fastest 600 meters ever run and teenager Athing Mu came close to the women's record at the U.S. indoor championships in New York on Sunday. Former collegiate champion Brazier collected his win in one minute, 13.77 seconds as he wiped more than a second off Kenyan Michael Saruni's 2018 mark of 1:14.79. Boeheim: Tragic death will weigh on him 'for the rest of my life'

Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said his involvement in an accident that left a man dead on Wednesday "will be with me for the rest of my life" after coaching in the Orange's loss to Duke on Saturday night. After Syracuse defeated Louisville on Wednesday, Boeheim was driving home from a restaurant on Interstate 690 when he struck and killed 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez. A passenger in a vehicle that was involved in its own accident, Jimenez had exited that car before he was struck. James criticizes Lakers' 'sense of urgency'

LeBron James has acknowledged that he knew his young teammates would have a learning curve when he joined the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency last offseason. But after a 128-115 loss to the woeful New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night, James bemoaned his teammates' "sense of urgency." NBA roundup: Harden-less Rockets stun Warriors

Eric Gordon led five players in double figures with 25 points Saturday night as the Houston Rockets, playing without star James Harden, used superior depth to stun the Golden State Warriors 118-112 in Oakland, Calif. The win was the Rockets' third in three meetings with the two-time defending champions this season after Golden State won a seven-game showdown last May in the Western Conference Finals. Albot beats Evans to become first Moldovan to win ATP title

Radu Albot saved three championship points to beat Dan Evans 3-6 6-3 7-6(7) in the Delray Beach Open final in Florida on Sunday and become the first player from Moldova to win an ATP title. In a high-quality match that stretched for nearly three hours, Albot displayed nerves of steel in the dramatic final tiebreak, staving off defeat with a series of clutch shots. Tennis: Top seed Tsitsipas overcomes Kukushkin challenge to win Marseille Open

Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas clinched his second ATP Tour singles title with a 7-5 7-6(5) victory over Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin at the Marseille Open on Sunday. Tsitsipas, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals last month, battled hard to clinch victory over the 31-year-old Kukushkin in a little under two hours. NHL roundup: Flyers get OT win at Stadium Series

Claude Giroux scored at 1:59 of overtime Saturday to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins in an NHL Stadium Series outdoor game before more than 69,000 fans at Lincoln Financial Field. Giroux got around Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz, who lost his stick, and his shot from the slot squirted through the pads of goaltender Matt Murray as the Flyers erased a two-goal deficit to end a two-game losing streak.