Tired Tommy goes down swinging

Tommy Haas already has a job as the tournament director at Indian Wells in California when he finally decides to hang up his racket after two decades on tour.

But the 38-year-old's not quite ready to plunge fulltime into the suit-and-tie world just yet, despite retiring from his first-round Australian Open match against Benoit Paire due to illness on Tuesday night.

Haas' love for the game compelled the German to return from his latest surgery to play for one last year, beginning at Melbourne Park.