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Federer equals Borg with 41st straight win on grass

Posted: Monday June 19, 2006 2:54PM; Updated: Monday June 26, 2006 12:29PM
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Who Why They're Up
Roger Federer
French Open runner-up made a relatively smooth transition to grass and won his fourth straight title in Halle on Sunday, defeating No. 5 seed Tomas Berdych in the final. Federer dropped four sets during the week but still managed to prevail each time and equal Björn Borg's Open Era record of 41 straight wins on grass -- where was that ballast last Sunday?
Lleyton Hewitt
Back to playing top-five tennis, saucy Aussie beats old nemesis James Blake to win Queen's Club event for the fourth time.
Vera Zvonareva
Russian wins first title of 2006 in Birmingham. In the final she beat Jamea Jackson in a match that included a 14-12 tiebreaker, the longest in WTA play in more than a decade.
Jamea Jackson
In the throes of a terrific year, her run in Birmingham included wins against Maria Sharapova and Jelena Jankovic. Who says American women's tennis is in the latrine?
James Blake
Thomas Blake's brother beats Andy Roddick in Queen's Club semis, providing his fans with still more fodder that he might be the top American male right now.
Paul Hawkins
Brit's Hawk-Eye Innovations Limited, the company behind the line-calling technology that will be used in this year's U.S. Open and U.S. Open Series tournaments, was acquired by the British cricket publisher Wisden.
Cincinnati's Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
In addition to bagging commitments from four of the final 16 players in Paris, this endearing event -- as of today, anyway -- will mark the return of Serena Williams.
Meilen Tu
American veteran qualifies in Birmingham and lasts until the semis.
Doubles winners
Santoro and Zimonjic in Halle. Jankovic and Na Li in Birmingham. Hanley and Ulyett in London.
Oli Rochus
Our man fails to convert any of his four match points against Federer. But beating Safin and taking the world No. 1 to a third-set breaker makes for a nice week's work.
Citigroup
Renews its sponsorship of the Tennis Masters Cup.
Behtanie Mattek and Mashona Washington (pictured)
Upset top-seeded doubles team of Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs in Birmingham.
John McEnroe
Subject of hour-long interview tonight on the Tennis Channel.
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Who Why They're Down
Rafael Nadal
French Open champ retires in Queen's quarterfinal with a shoulder injury, but then claimed it was merely precautionary.
Andre Agassi
First match in months was a loss to Tim Henman at Queen's Club.
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