Marianne Bevis Archives: 09/2014

These are arduous days for Andy Murray. As the window for qualification for the ATP’s climax at the World Tour Finals grows smaller, Murray has…

It’s fair to say that Rafael Nadal has been missed by more than the army of fans that circles the globe. Take the comment made—and…

Stan Wawrinka, who tops the seeds at the second of the two ATP 500 events in the Asian swing, the Rakuten Japan Open in Tokyo,…

Things are looking very good indeed for a certain Novak Djokovic as he prepares to make his first appearance since the US Open on Beijing’s…

Andy Murray’s decision to take a wild card into the first playing of the Shenzhen Open may have been driven by his desire to reach…

The tall, popular Czech, Petra Kvitova, may have got off to a slow start in 2014, but she has more than made up for it…

It has been a long, rocky road for the Briton who made history on home soil almost 15 months ago. Andy Murray’s victory at Wimbledon…

Andy Murray, who took a wild card into the debut Shenzhen 250 tournament to boost his campaign to reach the ATP World Tour Finals, has…

Serena Williams: where does one begin in summing up the career of one of the most successful athletes in the world, one of the most…

Of the four men in action during the first week of tennis’s Asian swing, three have high hopes of making the cut for the top…

The Wuhan Open may have hoped for greater good fortune in its debut on the WTA calendar. As the biggest of the three newcomers to…

With Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep the only players already sure of their places at the WTA Championships in Singapore, which begins on…

With the US Open Series and Davis Cup becoming fading memories, the tennis tour races east for the glamorous and lucrative Asian Swing. The highlight…

It’s been a frantic 24 hours for Mahesh Bhupathi and his brainchild, the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL)—a brand-new competition styled on cricket’s Indian Premier…

They may have become arch rivals when it comes to Grand Slams, Masters and rankings. Roger Federer may have stood like a colossus over Swiss…

The career trajectories of the 19-year-old Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios and the charismatic 29-year-old Dustin Brown have, it’s fair to say, been rather different.…

Brazilian football legend, Ronaldo, has challenged fellow PokerStars ambassador, Rafael Nadal, to a live head-to-head poker match, dubbed ‘The Duel’. Fourteen-time tennis Grand Slam champion…

The climax of the tennis year, the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 arena, has announced a spectacular launch event worthy of the…

There are very few men on the tour today who have notched up as many matches and as many wins in Davis Cup competition as…

The two names who finally contested the title in New York were certainly not the two predicted to make it all the way to the…

When Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki saw that they were on opposite sides of the draw for the last Grand Slam of the year, they…