Marianne Bevis Archives: 06/2012

There were a few things that could have concerned Andy Murray about his third-round opponent, Marcos Baghdatis, when they met on Centre Court for the…

Serena Williams described her three-set victory over China’s Jie Zheng as a “gut check” after the American won the third set 9-7 to set up…

It was, as they say, like dejà vu all over again. Dejà vu from 2010 when Roger Federer went two sets and a break down…

With exactly four weeks to go until Olympic tennis gets under way, the International Tennis Federation has announced one the strongest ever fields of competitors…

The contrasts were extreme. Rafael Nadal, the world No2, was playing No100 Lukas Rosol; 50 titles playing none; a man playing his eighth Wimbledon, with…

Heather Watson had already thrown down the gauntlet to her fellow Brits with a new landmark at Wimbledon. By winning her second match, she became…

Serena Williams insisted she feels no pressure at Wimbledon, despite being one of the pre-tournament favourites, after the sixth seed eased to a 6-1 6-4…

It was a day for royal welcomes, tutored handshakes and awkward bows when the Centre Court Royal Box at Wimbledon hosted the highest-profile name since…

As the bottom half of the men’s draw began its progress to the final, it was hard to know where to look first. This was…

Laura Robson, one of the youngest players in the tournament at just 18, had already celebrated one new landmark this week with her debut inside…

The opening day of Wimbledon could not have been bookended by two more contrasting events. Barely before the clock had ticked past midday, out on…

It was the men’s defending champion who opened on Centre Court on the first day of the 126th Championships at Wimbledon. Novak Djokovic made it…

Against all the odds, the opening day of Wimbledon has brought warm and brilliant sunshine to a corner of the world that has spent days—for…

The boy can’t help it—though perhaps as the poster-boy for a burgeoning band of 30-somethings in men’s tennis, Roger Federer deserves something more decorous than…

Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova are two of the most popular women not just in tennis but in sport across the board. Both have been…

Once again, Wimbledon looks set to become the battleground for the race to be No1 in the world. In 2011, Novak Djokovic won his first…

When a woman of the stature of Martina Navratilova speaks about tennis, she’s usually worth hearing. When her comments are echoed in the same week…

With Wimbledon on the horizon, hopes for Andy Murray will again crescendo during the last few days before the tennis world’s finest take to the…

It’s the opening scene from an English period film. Elegant groups, drinking champagne or Pimms, drift through luscious grounds from the backdrop of a white,…

In England, it’s ‘the season’: the warm, green, laid-back month of June that heralds the arrival of the all-too-short grass-court window between the French Open…

When Argentine David Nalbandian took to court after a truly eventful Aegon Championships to play his first final on grass since Wimbledon 2002, he seemed…