Here are some highlights from Sunday’s final between Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle. Hewitt won it 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. Click here for more video from the Gerry Weber Open website, including footage from both Federer’s and Hewitt’s post-final pressers.

The night before Lleyton Hewitt beat Roger Federer in the finals of Halle, the two old buddies spent time together at Gerry Weber Open Fashion Night. Did Lleyton know something we didn’t? He seems awfully cheerful in all of these photos. Hmmm. . . “Lleyton, did you spike the punch?”

Lletyon Hewitt said it, I didn’t: “Roger’s a hell of an opponent; his grass-court record speaks for itself. Any time you play Roger on a grass court you know you’re in for a hell of a battle and I was lucky to get out of today’s match.” World No. 32 Lleyton Hewitt defeated Roger Federer [...]

Let’s start with the obvious: Scary good and Especially Relentless against Stosur Everyone else (including Justine) has No chance to win the Australian Open AND: Free to Experiment with his plan D Even Hewitt Realized that the match was an Entertaining Recreation for Roger Disagree? Consider this an acrostic smack down. Roger Federer probably won’t [...]

Sveta played a late night match on Friday, getting past Angelique Kerber in three close sets. Gotta love that game face. . . Now onto Day Six Down Under, which was notable for retirements, withdrawals and old fashioned beat-downs. The men didn’t get to four-sets until Tsonga and Haas played the last match on Hisense. [...]

With Andy Roddick and James Blake leaving Davis Cup off their 2010 calendars and Roger Federer pulling out of a much anticipated first round tie against Spain, I’ve been wondering about the future of Davis Cup as an elite, world-class event. It seems the players have been, too. Members of the ATP players’ council, which [...]

Gael Monfils, Juan Martin Del Potro, Lleyton Hewitt and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga cracked some sake barrels at the Japan Open’s welcome reception on Tuesday. It was a konnichiwa/sayonara moment del Potro, who was booted out of the tournament in the first round. What is Tsonga so giddy about? And where are Lleyton Hewitt’s arms? Hair twins! [...]

I missed the Roddick vs. Hewitt thiller! Why? Because NBC’s “protected” tape-delayed coverage messes up everything here in the Western time zone, and it makes hunting for tennis on t.v. akin to wandering the Sahara without a map. NBC’s live streaming option may be too little, too late, but it beats drinking my own pee. [...]

“New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. You spill your guts out at Wimbledon, and they make you stop and clean it up.” – Jimmy Connors. It’s gut-check time for Roger Federer and the rest of Wimbledon’s “Gentlemen” as they battle it out in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Who’s bringing their [...]

Andy Roddick got through to the third round today, beating Igor Kunitsyn in his second four setter of the fortnight. Here’s Andy on being the “standard bearer” of American tennis: Q. Do you feel a burden? It’s an individual sport, but do you feel any sort of burden in sort of carrying the weight? ANDY [...]

In a day of upsets at the French Open, the biggest by far was Venus Williams’s loss to Agnes Szavay in an unbelievable scoreline: 0-6, 4-6. Venus couldn’t believe it, either: “You know, I’m used to beating people 6‑0. I’m not used to my shot not going in and losing a set 6‑0. So it [...]