Marianne Bevis Archives: 05/2013

Roland Garros may have been burdened by troublesome weather as the French Open tried to complete its bulging first two rounds, but in one element…

Caroline Wozniacki says she is looking ahead to Eastbourne after a second-round loss to Bojana Jovanovski at the French Open on Wednesday. The 22-year-old 10th…

Dawn broke on another damp morning in Paris, but the final day of second-round action got under way on time, albeit under gloomy, cool skies.…

Decisions do not usually come early, but in St Petersburg, where the eyes of the Olympic world had been turning in ever greater numbers, this…

Heather Watson admitted she was “really gutted” after losing to Stefanie Voegele in three sets in the first round at the French Open. The British…

Sixty years to the day after the biggest obstacle in the world, Mount Everest, was conquered, the only remaining British woman in the French Open…

Roger Federer has rarely been a man for one-word answers, rarely been short of an opinion, and rarely been caught off guard by a question—and…

Laura Massaro has become the first Briton in 22 years to win one of the biggest prizes in squash, the Allam British Open. She beat…

On paper, the teenage Briton Laura Robson had—and not for the first time—suffered an unlucky fall of the cards in the French Open draw. She…

Two-time French Open winner Jim Courier believes Laura Robson could be a “dark horse” to reach the latter stages at Roland Garros. The 19-year-old is…

Roland Garros may boast only two previous champions in the men’s draw—dominated by the favourite for this year’s title Rafael Nadal—but of the many French…

The last couple of months have seen the ATP Tour visit the burnt orange courts of some of the most glamorous venues in the world.…

Seven years ago at the Foro Italico, one of the greatest rivalries in tennis was still in its infancy. The 24-year-old Roger Federer had already…

Many rued the departure of the glamorous, popular defending champion, Maria Sharapova from the Foro Italico—unbeaten in the tournament but beaten by illness. But it…

The No5 and No6 seeds, Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych, had met many times during the decade that both had been pros on the main…

When it was suggested to Roger Federer, after he became the last remaining seed in his half of the draw, that things had opened up…

Rome was not ready. Having reached the quarter-final stage of the tournament with just one seed remaining in the bottom half, Roger Federer, and the…

Just as Maria Sharapova’s arch rival for the Rome and French Open titles, Serena Williams, was taking to court for the first women’s quarter-final at…

With just a week to go until squash makes its final presentation to the International Olympic Committee, Roger Federer has once again thrown his weight…

With eight of the tournament’s 16 seeds already sent home before the third round, the Rome Masters must have been holding its breathe as the…

It’s Rome, one of the most glamorous stops on clay road to Roland Garros. It’s usually a place drenched in sunshine, wall-to-wall in Mediterranean colour,…