Marianne Bevis Archives: 01/2012

Maria Sharapova hailed Victoria Azarenka’s performance after the Belarusian claimed her first Grand Slam title with a crushing 6-3 6-0 victory in the Australian Open…

Watching Andy Murray lose, in just 10 minutes short of five hours at the 100th Australian Open, the first question that sprang to mind was:…

Reporter: “I think most people were astonished you had it in you to come back from 5‑2 in the fifth and have those chances. It…

The umpire’s warning ahead of the most eagerly-anticipated match in this centenary Australian Open was directed to both players as they embraced across the net…

Twenty-four hours after Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal confirmed their designated places in the first semi-final of the Australian Open, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic…

Andy Murray is relishing his chance to take on Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open again after the British No1 eased into the semi-finals with…

Roger Federer had played Juan Martin del Potro at the Australian Open once before. It was 2009, the year that the towering talent from Argentina…

Novak Djokovic and Lleyton Hewitt locked horns in this year’s Australian Open with 28 titles apiece but they were separated by a mile in so…

With so much talk of the “big four” in men’s tennis—can Novak Djokovic repeat his record-breaking 2011 antics, will Rafael Nadal overcome injury to win…

The afternoon schedule on the Rod Laver Arena might has boasted the most popular men in tennis—Rafael Nadal followed by Roger Federer—but the stars of…

It was news that made almost every tennis headline when the draw for the Australian Open’s 100th edition was made. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal…

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt will look to join his teenage compatriot Bernard Tomic in third round of the Australian Open but the two-time Major champion faces…

It was a day that started in the most straightforward of ways. On Rod Laver, Na Li polished off the first match for the loss…

Melbourne Park began to swelter before play even began on day two of the “sunshine Grand Slam” – and by the time Novak Djokovic arrived…

On a record day for British participation in Grand Slam competition, four women and one man took to court at Melbourne Park in the opening…

Laura Robson and James Ward have joined four more Britons in the main singles draws of the Australian Open, the first time that six British…

With the tennis telescope firmly focused on Australia for the first Grand Slam of 2012, it comes as no surprise that the stars of the…

It is the name that – eventually – no-one argues about. In the debate about which man is the greatest of all time, Rod Laver…

With just one top player out of contention for the 2012 Australian Open, which begins in less than a week’s time in Melbourne, there were…

A news-making week for Andy Murray climaxed in the best possible way””with a 22nd ATP title at the Brisbane International this weekend. In a departure…

The first month of the tennis season is also one of its most challenging, with the run to the first Grand Slam in mid-January looking…