Behold, this weekend’s champions. For the first time in the 84-year history of what is now known as the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, both the singles (Querrey) and doubles (Bryan Bros) champions were successful in defending their titles. Sam Querrey beat Andy Murray 5-7, 7-6, 6-3 in Sunday’s final. He saved a match point [...]

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 [...]

The truth gas they’re pumping into the Roland Garros press room seems to be working. The players were in a sharing mood on Tuesday – for the most part. Rafael Nadal made a winning debut on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Tuesday, taking out French teenager and World No. 655, Gianni Mina 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. But [...]

Sorry, everyone, off-court activities here at GTT this weekend delayed my weekend winners post. But I couldn’t let another day go by without congratulating this motley crew. Sam Querrey won the battle against dope-tainted Wayne Odesnik in the Houston semis, but he lost the war to Juan Ignacio Chela, who beat the American 5-7, 6-4, [...]

Tennis Channel’s James LaRosa wrote a hilarious – and spot-on – letter to Wayne Odesnik, the American who’s playing this week’s U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston despite pleading guilty to smuggling Human Growth Hormone into Australia earlier this year (the ITF hasn’t handed down a punishment yet.) Here’s an excerpt of LaRosa’s letter: [...]

REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci via Daylife If the tennis season revolved around February’s South American clay court circuit, 30-year-old Juan Carlos Ferrero would be its Roger Federer. He beat Davis Cup teammate David Ferrer in three sets in Sunday’s Copa Telmex final in Buenos Aires, making it his ninth straight match victory and second title in as [...]

Here’s a quick peek at what’s going on in the tennis world this weekend. In Paris we have the WTA’s Open GDF Suez, a Premier-level event without the Williams sisters, Clijsters or Henin. It’s nice to see Melanie Oudin taking advantage of both the draw and the confidence she gained last weekend in Fed Cup; [...]

By now, all of our favorite players have taken a turn or two on the Australian Open catwalk. And a few have already been “Auf’ed”  – though not for their tennis fashion sense. We’ll take care of the rest. . . THE WOMEN Maria Sharapova wasn’t around for very long, but her dress certainly made [...]

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes The AP reports that Sam “Samurai” Querrey returned to the practice courts last week after a freak accident at September’s Thailand Open came close to ending his tennis career. The 6’6″ American fell through a glass table in the tournament’s locker room while sitting on it to tie his shoes. A shard [...]

Yikes! Sam Querrey required emergency surgery on Monday, after cutting his forearm after a practice session in Bangkok. Here’s the story via the AP: Sam Querrey cut his right forearm in a freak accident after practicing for the Thailand Open in Bangkok and will be out at least four to six weeks, the U.S. Tennis [...]

The men put in a good day’s work on Day Four of the US Open on Thursday, including some solid wins by Tommy Haas, Fernando Verdasco, Novak Djokovic and Tommy Robredo. Here are some of our snapshots. *fellow bloggers are more than welcome to use our photos, please link us if you do.

Bob the Samurai, a “founding member” of Sam Querrey’s fan club, contacted me regarding a post I wrote last week about Tommy Haas’s negative reaction to the shirtless cheerleaders at the LA Tennis Open. (Click here to read “Tommy Haas loses to Sam Querrey and the ‘No Class’ Samurai.”) The Samurai have even issued an [...]