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SI.com: Answers to the puzzle from the Oct. 12, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated

Fill in answers as in a crossword -- except the answers are numbers. For rows or columns with multiple clues, enter answers consecutively. The sum will equal the red total at the end of each row/column.

SI.com: Joe Posnanski: The greatest trick shot of them all

When I was young, I used to practice tennis trick shots. It was my way of handling the monotony of tennis practice. Well, I was never good with monotony. I would stand in the supermarket parking lot, and hit shot after shot after shot after shot into that brick wall, and I would imagine being on Centre Court facing John McEnroe. Then I would imagine being at the U.S. Open facing Jimmy Connors. Then I would imagine hitting the ball so hard that it would knock back the bricks, a millimeter at a time -- WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! -- until finally I hit the final ball so hard that it would break through the wall and come out the other side, right into the produce section where it would hit the guy spraying lettuce with a water bottle. These reveries would usually sustain me for as long as 15 minutes. Then I would practice trick shots.

SI.com: Kevin Armstrong: What we learned from Serena's Wimbledon win over Venus

Four things we learned while watching the all-American women's final at the All England Club on Independence Day ...

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: The greatest match ever played

It was the match of the year. It was the match of the decade. It was, one could certainly make a credible case, the greatest match in tennis history. On the first Sunday in July, Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4. 6-7, 6-7, 9-7 in the finals of Wimbledon, the most important match of the most important tournament.

SI.com: Selena Roberts: Something is clearly eating at slumping Federer

BEIJING -- The cinematic Roger Federer played the part of No. 1 like no other for four years, with the forehand of Zorro and lyrical moves, as a metro man confident enough to wear crested blazers and monogram cardigans courtside. His elite ranking was a perfect fit.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Roger's rationality, betting against Venus and Nadal's hard case

An unconditional Roger fan, I also felt crushed. Still I was able to come up with the following positives: 1) What Rafa did to win the match was extra-terrestrial and such a performance must be rewarded; 2) Roger is more rational than I am in interpreting the meaning of his wins and his losses; 3) Roger is not Justine, he will not disappear because the competition fundamentally suits his body and his mind. -- Barbara Katzenberg Lexington, MA

SI.com: Justin Gimelstob: Some of the things I'll remember about Justine Henin

One of the many things I'll remember about Justine Henin, who retired unexpectedly from tennis on Wednesday, is how she would talk about her mother taking her to the French Open when she was a young girl, and years after her mother passed away, how she won the event in her honor. It always struck an emotional chord with me when she would look skyward at Roland Garros in memory of her mother.

Time.com: Legend Rod Laver on Tennis Today

The only man to win the grand slam twice talks about Federer's skill, Sharapova's height and Roddick's problems

SI.com: L. Jon Wertheim: Federer and Nadal are as different as two fierce foes could be

The kid assumed he was being punk'd. After a fine freshman season as Florida's No. 1 singles player, Jesse Levine was luxuriating at home in Boca Ratonlast month when his cellphone chirped. An IMG agent was calling in search of a practice partner for Roger Federer, a few days removed from winning Wimbledon for the fifth straight time. Would Levine meet Federer at his training base in the United Arab Emirates? "When I realized it wasn't a joke," says Levine, "I was like, 'Yup. That works for me.'"

SI.com: L. Jon Wertheim: Venus Williams sailed to her fourth singles title

Let's pretend you are, say, an insurance salesman. You're damn good at your job, world-class even. You clock in every day. You miss family functions on account of work. You try like hell to improve your performance rating and keep ascending the ladder. But there are these two colleagues -- siblings, no less! -- blocking your progress. They seem to pop into the office only when the mood strikes. They miss all the meetings and those insufferable "team building" outings because they're off acting or designing clothes or doing Lord knows what else. They take lots of sick leave, too. But when there's money on the table, they're the best around. They swoop in, perform with breathtaking skill and close the biggest accounts. Argh!

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