Marianne Bevis Archives: 07/2013

It is just one short week since Wimbledon was making all the headlines. The most famous tennis tournament in the world climaxed with its first…

8 July Bastad (clay): Berdych, Almagro, Monaco, Robredo, Dimitrov, Verdasco Stuttgart (clay): Haas, Kohlschreiber, Chardy, Paire, Mayer, Rosol Newport (grass): Querrey, Isner, Sijsling, Hewitt 15…

The start of the second half of the tennis year is marked by change: from high-octane action to welcome relaxation; from clay and grass back…

Finally, it seems, a nation can pause to draw breath. The ride we have taken with Andy Murray through the high summer of 2013 has…

If you wanted to find a woman who broke every mould, every pre-conception, every assumption when it comes to women’s tennis, you could do better…

For a tennis fan, the scene could not have been better as Andy Murray prepared for his fifth Wimbledon semi-final in row, hopes to reach…

By almost every measure, across this Wimbledon and across the last few years, one man has carved out the status of top dog and was…

Marion Bartoli believes she deserves her spot in the Wimbledon showpiece after a problematic year both on and off the court. The 15th-seeded Frenchwoman led…

Here was a hugely intriguing semi-final between two women with Poland in their blood. Agnieszka Radwanska is her country’s favourite daughter, famed from its eastern…

There is probably not a tennis fan, or even the most long-in-the-tooth tennis expert, who would have predicted a final Wimbledon quartet without any of…

For the Andy Murray fans who thronged the All England Club on the day he began his campaign for the Wimbledon title, the name of…

Jerzy Janowicz described himself as the “happiest person in the world” after his 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 victory over fellow Pole Lukasz Kubot earned him a…

For Andy Murray, his biggest Wimbledon worries ahead of a designated meeting with friend and foe Novak Djokovic in the final seemed to be out…

Agnieszka Radwanska takes on Sabine Lisicki second on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Thursday after the intended order of play was confirmed. The German 23rd…

This may have been one of the most surprising Wimbledon’s in recent memory, with many of the box-office names falling in the first week, or…

If there was one name that might have been unfamiliar to the Wimbledon faithful in the women’s quarter-final line-up, it was likely to be that…

There were, without doubt, countless shocks and upsets along the way to the women’s quarter-finals of the 2013 Championships. First it was No2 seed Victoria…

Laura Robson’s run at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships came to a complete end soon after her defeat in the fourth round of the singles draw…

There is no doubting the change of mood around Andy Murray since he began his campaign back on Centre Court less than a year after…

Serena Williams rued her inability to perform during the big points after she crashed out in three sets against Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round…

The second Monday of the 2013 Championships had garnered many expressive tags by the time play started under warm sun and skittering white clouds. Super…