Marianne Bevis Archives: 07/2010

It started as a trickle, this leaking bucket of tennis coaches

ust when the talk is all of Roger Federer’s decline, he plays the tactical equivalent of that zippy off-forehand that leaves his opponent rooted to the spot

Andrey Golubev became the third man to win his first ATP title this year, and did so in style by taking the 500 German Open in Hamburg on Sunday

Since the drama of Wimbledon and the excitement of a French victory over Spain in the Davis Cup, there has been an unusual turn of events in the tennis media

It is an odd time in the tennis year when all the surfaces seem to clash like a salad dressing that won’t emulsify

Serena Williams’ next target is 18: the number of singles Slams won by Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert

In four far-flung parts of the world, the best tennis nations begin the battles that could take them to national glory at the end of the year

When Tomas Berdych walked onto Centre Court on the last day of Wimbledon 2010, it marked the first Grand Slam final appearance in this 24-year-old’s most successful year

The headlines on Wimbledon’s first Thursday talked of royalty, for it marked the first visit to the Championships by Her Majesty the Queen since Virginia Wade won the UK’s last singles title in 1977

There was a time -and not so long ago -that Roger Federer seemed to be hewn from a different substance than mere mortals