Marianne Bevis Archives: 01/2013

The Davis Cup, the world’s largest annual international team competition, has involved over 5,000 players since it began in 1900. In this its centenary year,…

For British women Heather Watson and Laura Robson, the good news keeps coming. In recent months, it seems that they no sooner set new career…

The last decade has nurtured some of the most compelling rivalries in men’s tennis. First came Roger Federer against Rafael Nadal, begun on the hard…

Both the women who took to court for the final of the 2013 Australian Open had been here before. In 2011, Na Li reached her…

Two weeks ago, it was the first and the biggest question when the men’s draw for the 2013 Australian Open was made. Novak Djokovic would…

It all began like any other day at the office for David Ferrer as he opened serve against Novak Djokovic in the first semi-final of…

With the shock exit of Serena Williams from the top half of the draw in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, the door seemed to…

There are some tennis players and some match-ups that just get the blood racing. They might be the shot-makers, perhaps the ones with serve-and-volley flair,…

The first two quarter-finals of the 2013 Australian Open featured two top-10 seeds who faced men they might justly regard as their nemeses. No10 Nicolas…

‘Can Murray down Del Potro, Federer and Djokovic?’ That was the question attached to this correspondent’s preview of the 2013 Australian Open. How things can…

And so the Roger Federer storm continues—though as storms go, this has had the silky touch of Europe’s January snow rather than the hurricane blasts…

The Australian Open had narrowed its 128 men down to the ‘Sweet 16’ who would contest a quarter-final place in the second week of the…

There had been plenty of hype about the third-round meeting between Roger Federer and the ‘next-big-thing’ Bernard Tomic. The profile of the 20-year-old was done…

So commonplace has the shorthand phrase ‘the Big Four’ become in talk of the best known quartet in tennis—Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and…

Heather Watson is breaking new ground all the time. Since playing in her last Grand Slam—in New York five months ago—she has won her first…

As soon as the draw for the Australian Open was made, fans of Laura Robson began licking their lips. If the teenage Briton, who turns…

It may have been early evening in Melbourne but the temperature was still scorching—40 degrees and too early yet for the local crowds to pack…

Much is made of the dominance of the ‘Big Four’ in men’s tennis—and since only Juan Martin del Potro has troubled the waters on the…

The rankings gap between the two men who opened the action for the bottom half of the men’s draw in Australia was neat but large—a…

The schedule for the opening day of the 2013 Australian Open was sure to appeal to this most passionate of sporting cities. For while superstars…

With no fewer than 10 Grand Slam winners in the draw for this year’s Australian Open, one could be forgiven for thinking that the women’s…