Federer Wins 4th Halle Title

For the first time in his career Roger Federer has won an ATP tournament four times in a row after defeating Tomas Berdych in the Halle final 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-2. Federer seemed to have cleaned up his game quite a bit after struggling in his path to the final, he saved 4 match points on his way to the championship. Although Federer did have a chance to serve out the match for a 6-0, 6-3 victory he kept his composure after losing the second set and went on to secure the win and his 41st consecutive match won on grass. This mark of 41 straight matches ties the open era record that Bjorn Borg held, and will surely be surpassed come time for Wimbledon. Probably the most interesting thing I read about this tournament was a comment made by Tomas Berdych after the final when he was asked about Federer's chances at Wimbledon.

Can anyone beat Federer at Wimbledon?: "I don't think so, unless something really happens, he's sick or injured. No."

Also, Lleyton Hewitt stopped his drought of tournament wins when he won the Stella Artois final against James Blake. In a seemingly one sided match Hewitt took Blake out with a score of 6-4, 6-4. This has to give Hewitt a ton of confidence coming into Wimbledon, showing that he has what it takes to still compete at the top of the men's game. Hewitt may actually be a force at Wimbledon if he can manage to carry this confidence into the All England Club come next week. I think that the only disappointment from Hewitt's performance in Queens was his loss of a set to Rafael Nadal, a player that Hewitt should surely dominate on the grass. Lucky for Hewitt, Nadal was forced to retire and didn't even have a chance to win the match; lucky for Nadal, he didn't have much of a shot at Wimbledon anyway so it's a good time to get injured so to speak.

We may or may not cover tournaments this week, we will post sometime though so don't get your panties in a bunch ;-).