Marianne Bevis Archives: 08/2013

It was a surprise, but at the same time should have been no surprise at all. Amid all the big names playing for their place…

A quick look at the CVs of Andy Murray and the man he would play in the second round of the US Open, Leonardo Mayer,…

It’s a special day in a Grand Slam when two British No1s headline on the biggest show courts on the same day. But that was…

The second round of the men’s draw of the US Open has still to play itself out, but already the old guard is showing just…

When a Grand Slam’s biography on one of its players displays a blank where his height and weight should be, you know this is a…

As if Andy Murray didn’t face enough hurdles in defending his first Grand Slam title in New York, he had to wait out both an…

Right from the start, Laura Robson showed she was a woman who enjoyed the big occasion and the big stage: the Grand Slam stage, in…

For British No2 Heather Watson, it’s been a testing year. 2012 saw the 2009 US Junior Champion reach the third-round run at Wimbledon, then take…

There has been so much buzz around the rest of the ‘big four’ ahead of this year’s US Open—the remarkable Rafael Nadal run, the surprising…

From Roger Federer to Rafael Nadal, Venus Williams to Laura Robson, here are some of the top quotes, facts and stats as the 132nd US…

James Blake has announced that he will retire from tennis after the US Open, ending a 14-year career that includes 10 singles titles. The 33-year-old…

This time last year, there was one big name missing from the US Open start list: Rafael Nadal. His absence would, in the end, extend…

In an unfortunate twist of the scheduling, two of the four Britons in the main draws of this year’s US Open took to court at…

Five-time US Open champion, Roger Federer, must know the Billie Jean National Tennis Centre like the back of his hand. He first came here in…

Marion Bartoli has softened her stance on her retirement from tennis by refusing to rule out a return to the sport further down the line.…

New York is always vibrant, always busy, always serving up something special. But this week, the hoardings on the expressway between Manhattan and Queens, the…

Not for the first time—and judging from her tennis this season not the last time either—the US Open will be all about Serena Williams. She…

This time last year, as the tennis tour headed to its final Grand Slam, almost everything in men’s tennis had a very familiar ring. ‘The…

Maria Sharapova has pulled out of next week’s US Open with a shoulder injury. The 26-year-old Russian was seeded third for the tournament but has…

She will be the defending champion in New York, and she won the French Open this year, too, along with seven other titles, making Serena…

The summer surge of Rafael Nadal on the North American hard courts has yielded not just two more Masters titles—extending his record to 26 in…