Marianne Bevis Archives: 01/2014

Since its first tie in 1900, the Davis Cup has grown into the world’s largest annual international team competition, involving over 5,000 players from across…

When Stan Wawrinka awoke on his first morning as a Grand Slam champion, the reality may finally have begun to sink in. For when he…

It may have taken the likeable Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 36 attempts to do it, but on Australia Day 2014, he finally fulfilled his vast potential…

It became one of the more unexpected line-ups, the 2014 Australian Open women’s final. A fortnight ago, the talk was not of whether Serena Williams…

It’s easy to focus on the astonishing records put together by the two pin-ups of men’s tennis, world No1 Rafael Nadal and No6 Roger Federer.…

Ever since the draw for this year’s Australian Open was made almost two weeks ago, fingers and toes around the world had been crossed in…

What a difference a year makes? A little over 12 months ago, the tennis world waited patiently to see how the Australian Open draw would…

Even before Novak Djokovic began the defence of his title at Melbourne Park, the man who has been unbeaten at the Australian Open for the…

It’s probably fair to say that Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga know each other pretty well. Before the first Grand Slam of 2014 got under…

Maria Sharapova crashed out of the Australian Open following a surprise fourth-round defeat by Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova. The Russian 26-year-old lost 3-6 6-4 6-1 in…

In this most demanding of gladiatorial sports, a one-on-one combat that has no time limit, no winning post, no team-mates to temper the physical and…

Whatever it is they put in the water of a certain pair of neighbouring European countries, other nations around the world must long for the…

Maria Sharapova admitted that she needs to raise her game after the Russian battled past France’s Alize Cornet to book her place in the fourth…

The home nation had watched its two rising male stars, teenagers Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis, follow their senior colleagues out of the Australian Open…

Maria Sharapova was made to work hard for her place in the third round of the Australian Open after battling to a 6-3 4-6 10-8…

In the end, it all got too much at the 2014 Australian Open. The ‘happy slam’ had been battered by too many unhappy players, headlines…

Ross Hutchins marked his return to Grand Slam tennis after recovering from cancer with a win as he and doubles partner Colin Fleming progressed through…

The Rod Laver arena was the place to be on the second day of the Australian Open—give or take the boiling cauldron it became in…

The opening day of the Australian Open had set very fair to showcase the bottom half of the men’s draw. It was headlined, of course,…

It was always going to be a big ask for Britons Laura Robson and Heather Watson to advance beyond the first round at this year’s…

Andy Murray may have stolen the British tennis limelight since the golden summer of 2012: A Wimbledon final, two Olympic medals and a US Open…