Marianne Bevis Archives: 05/2012

It may be a while before Andy Murray’s his team and his fans know just what toll his second-round match took but, for now, they…

A year ago, the two women who were about to bring down the curtain on a hot and tranquil day at Roland Garros were both…

The draw that the French Open handed Andy Murray was hardly conducive to a good night’s sleep. He found himself in the same half as…

She is petite of frame, young of face, and turned just 20 last week, but the popular young Briton, Heather Watson, is making a habit…

The French Open is perhaps the most elegant of the Slams, the most aesthetically pleasing of all tennis tournaments. Its clay is a particularly deep…

The rankings say it like it is. The more you win, the higher you go. Whether the points come from a few big tournaments or…

This week in Paris, the sun has suddenly put its hat on — and what better time to bathe the sparkling burnt orange courts of…

Much of the attention and much of the expectation, going into the second Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros, has been on three…

Former world number one Kim Clijsters has announced she will call time on a glittering career after the US Open in August. The 28-year-old is…

It’s not a bad way to prepare for the French Open next week, especially for a woman who has won all three of the other…

Four-time champion Lleyton Hewitt and Britain’s James Ward have been handed wildcards for the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club. The 31-year-old Australian triumphed at Queen’s…

It may have been a day late and it may have been without the numbers of supporters it deserved, but eventually the much-anticipated 32nd meeting…

There have been plenty of surprises, and not a few disappointments, for the followers of the women’s draw in Rome this week. As if losing…

Put the win stats, the title stats, the year-to-date stats, and even the head-to-head stats side by side, and Roger Federer looked the favourite to…

On bad days, David Ferrer must wonder what he did in an earlier life to deserve being born exactly 30 years ago into a Spain…

Less than an hour before Serena Williams was scheduled to play the semi-final of the Rome Premier tournament against Li Na, she made a surprise…

What a time the home city had on third-round day in Rome! If the courts in the Foro Italico had roofs, there is no doubt…

It was always going to be a test for Andy Murray in Rome, and that was without the hand that he was dealt in the…

For the two champions who high-tailed it to Rome from Madrid with winners’ trophies, the sun began to shine on their campaigns as well as…

Roger Federer is not usually regarded as a player easily affected by the vagaries of intemperate weather. The calm Swiss is the one often described…

That is, of course, not quite how the song goes. But in the battle of wills between Serena Williams and tennis’s Maria—Sharapova—it is the former…