Marianne Bevis Archives: 03/2012

The women’s draw in Miami was worthy of a Grand Slam. So much so, it was the first time that every active Grand Slam winner…

With just an hour and half to go before he was scheduled to play Andy Murray in one of the most anticipated matches of the…

The women’s quarter-finals at the Sony Ericsson Open read like a roll call of this Premier event’s previous champions. Three names had, between them, won…

Rafael Nadal has resigned from the ATP Players’ Council after almost four years as its vice-president. Confirmation came initially via the New York Times’ Christopher…

With just one lone unseeded man amongst the 16 who took to Miami’s purple and green for the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open,…

Since last August—the eighth to be precise—the questions have sounded like a dripping tap. Roger Federer turned 30 and it has been the talk of…

It could, in truth, be a Grand Slam, such is the line-up in Miami for the Sony Ericsson Open—one of the biggest, brightest and most…

Hot on the heels of the first and biggest Masters of the year in Indian Wells comes—within barely 48 hours—the second. Miami’s Sony Ericsson Open…

There can be few locations that set off a tennis match better than the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. There can be few centre courts so…

They had to bide their time. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal may have all the star appeal, all the fan appeal and one of the…

It never rains in California—or so the song goes. And it certainly never rains in Palm Springs—well only five days a year—according to every local…

It has become, for the moment at least, the rivalry of 2012. Wherever the paths of Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro have crossed,…

With two of the women’s semi-final places at the BNP Paribas Open already filled by storming performances from No1 Victoria Azaranka—extending her 2012 unbeaten record…

When the draw for the BNP Paribas Open was made, those with an interest in David Nalbandian may have looked towards the heavens, let out…

The top three men in the world, all former Indian Wells champions, promised one of the finest afternoon schedules that money could buy when they…

The women are down to the last eight, the men to the last 16—perhaps the tennis fan’s best stage of a tournament. There are top-class…

Precisely 48 hours after embarking on his campaign for a fourth BNP Paribas Open title at Indian Wells, Roger Federer faced what promised to be…

In a venue of deep indigo shadows and vibrant grassy highlights, the players have blended into their surroundings with their own variations of sky and…

When the draws for this year’s BNP Paribas Open were made almost a week ago, they boasted not only 11 former Indian Wells champions and…

The end of Saturday may have been a late and dramatic finish with the exit of No4 seed Andy Murray under the floodlights, and the…

With all 32 seeds enjoying a bye to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open, and the male of the species taking to court…