Agassi/Shields File For Divorce

Actress Brooke Shields and tennis player Andre Agassi are splitting up after two years of marriage, a publicist for the couple said Friday.

The couple filed for divorce in Las Vegas, where they have a home, said publicist Mia Ricchiuti. She would not say when the papers were filed.

"We have the utmost love and respect for each other and will remain the best of friends," Shields, the star of the NBC comedy "Suddenly Susan," said in a statement.

Ricchiuti refused say why the couple decided to split up.

Agassi, who is currently ranked 12th in the world, reached the semifinals of the Salem Open in Hong Kong on Friday.

Agassi, who won the gold medal for the United States in the 1996 Olympics, has won three Grand Slam titles -- Wimbledon in 1992, the U.S. Open in 1994 and the Australian Open in 1995.

The couple married in April 1997 in Monterey, Calif.

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