Marianne Bevis Archives: 07/2012

Laura Robson and Heather Watson both impressed as they claimed straight-sets victories in their first-round singles matches at Wimbledon on Monday. The 18-year-old Robson overcame…

It seems as though the tennis storyline for London 2012 was preordained. Perhaps it is only right that two of the greatest players of their…

At 30 years of age, Roger Federer has it all. Almost. He’s won all the Grand Slams—17 of them. He’s master of the World Tour…

The place is familiar: It is, after all, fewer than three weeks since the All England Club crowned its 2012 Wimbledon champions. Now the best…

Women’s hockey Led by long-standing England and GB captain Kate Walsh, the British team is a strong contender in London as a result of overhauling…

Where among the 26 sports, 34 venues, 302 medal events and 10,490 athletes do you begin? The buzz is now so loud, the anticipation so…

Andy Murray’s fine achievements on the courts of the world in the last 12 months have rightly been capturing the tennis headlines throughout the Olympic…

Rafael Nadal, winner of the tennis singles gold in Beijing in 2008 and nominated to carry the Spanish flag in this year’s opening ceremony, has…

Hot on the heels of one of the most eventful Wimbledon Championships of the decade, and days before the All England Club hosts 2012’s historic…

It was a record that many had decided would elude Roger Federer. When he fell from the No1 ranking in May 2010, losing in the…

One door closes and another opens—to the very same sporting arena: the All England Lawn Tennis Club. In the blink of an eye, the same…

Iron Federer in a velvet glove Against Albert Ramos, a not-half-bad No43 in the world, Federer made playing the opening match of Round 1 on…

Within the tennis-passionate atmosphere of Wimbledon’s Centre Court, it was a fair bet that every one of the 15,000 lucky enough to have a seat…

It’s on days like this that you wonder how the two men at the centre of the whirlwind slept. The tension, the anticipation and the…

They were words to fill the heart with dread for any opponent of Serena Williams. “I don’t play unless I feel like I can win.…

It was official: ‘Murray-mania’ had gripped a nation ready to celebrate a potential champion as London ran headlong towards the biggest sporting event in the…

Go back barely a couple of years and the rivalry in men’s tennis seemed all about Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. They dominated the top…

The world No1 and defending champion, Novak Djokovic, will meet six-time titlist, No3 Roger Federer, for the 27th time when they take to court in…

Only one of the women’s semi-finalists may have lifted the Wimbledon trophy before, and only two of them may have experienced Grand Slam victory and…

As the sky cleared of rain clouds and the wind dropped to a balmy breeze, it seemed barely conceivable that, two hours before, play was…

The task for Mikhail Youzhny was arguably the most daunting of the men’s quarter-finals. In the dozen years that he and Roger Federer had spent…