Marianne Bevis Archives: 09/2015

British qualifier Johanna Konta earned herself a thrilling 6-3 3-6 7-5 win over top seed and world No2 Simona Halep at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan…

It’s hard to believe that, with her opening loss at Wimbledon this summer, the evergreen Roberta Vinci had made eight first-round exits in the first…

A little under a year ago, Maria Sharapova was putting together one of the best seasons of her long tennis career. Her first title came…

Venus Williams may be unseeded among this week’s top-quality field in Wuhan—she is currently ranked at just 24—but there is no denying the stature of…

When the 24-year-old, 5ft 11in Johanna Konta hit the grass of home in June, she was still ranked outside the top 140, but it soon…

It was always a tough ask for the Tokyo champion Agnieszka Radwanska to hit the magnificent new centre court in Wuhan with a spring in…

As the WTA tour heads deep into an Asian swing that could determine the final line-up for the season climax in Singapore, the very best…

With the US Open Series now a fading memory, the tennis tour heads east to Europe and on towards the lucrative Asian Swing. Lucrative, because…

All around the globe last weekend, crowds flocked in their tens of thousands to one of sport’s biggest annual spectacles. The Davis Cup, which has…

And so it all came down to the final day in a packed Emirates Arena. And while the Glasgow weather had turned cooler and greyer…

As is so often the case—in fact it could be the mantra of Davis Cup—it could all come down to the doubles. With one world-beating…

The GB protagonists in the Davis Cup battle for a place in the final, world No3 Andy Murray and No300 Dan Evans, were out practising…

The Aussies may be playing a long way from home, but they could not look happier, hungrier or more united in a cause on their…

Great Britain’s team captain, Leon Smith, has been trying to cover all bases in the run-up to the Davis Cup semi-final blockbuster against old adversaries…

For the very best men in tennis, committing to Davis Cup is a huge task, but this week, with a place in the grand final…

The gauntlet had been firmly thrown down by the 2011 champion and world No1 Novak Djokovic with a blistering defeat of defending champion Marin Cilic…

The road to the women’s final of the US Open had already become one of the most unexpected, record-making and heart-warming stories in tennis this…

There had been, not three hours before, the deafening sound of jaws dropping to the floor after world No1 Novak Djokovic tore through defending champion…

Novak Djokovic was in a hurry. Perhaps the change of schedule from early afternoon to early evening—forced by a washed-out women’s semi-final day—had upset his…

All four women who lined up in the US Open’s semi-finals had endured quarter-final battles of the highest order to get here: three-setters every one.…

It had to come: It always does in the hot and steamy New York. For while Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic had their feet up…