Marianne Bevis Archives: 03/2016

Johanna Konta, who has been breaking new ground on an almost weekly basis since her run to the semi-finals of the Australian Open, was about…

It was the kind of schedule in Miami that made it hard to know where to look: 16 men were set to battle for a…

With so many big names melting away, either sick, injured or beaten by unexpected opponents, the outlook for Andy Murray in the second week of…

The rise and rise of Briton Johanna Konta, who jumped 100 places in the rankings last year, continues apace since her breakthrough semi-final run at…

The conditions for playing tennis as the Miami Open headed into Easter weekend at Crandon Park were as brutal as only Key Biscayne can be:…

A day after Roger Federer withdrew with viral illness before he had played a match, and Juan Martin del Potro lost to lucky loser Horacio…

After 24 hours at the Miami Open during which every review returned revolved around two men and one match—the highly anticipated clash between Roger Federer…

For Roger Federer, 2009 “was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” It was a year that seesawed from tear-stained disappointment at…

It seems altogether extraordinary that Novak Djokovic, just two days ago, won a record fifth Indian Wells title, his third in a row, yet he…

Even before the super-size, super-lucrative Indian Wells Premier had reached its climax, the majority of the women who had made up the 96-woman draw were…

Milos Raonic had the unenviable task, on the closing day of the prestigious Indian Wells Masters tournament, of trying to break down two huge barriers.…

Two former champions, a current and a former No1, Grand Slam champions both, and with 20 meetings already in an eight-year rivalry, it was Serena…

In the first award-winning Masters of the men’s tennis season, different generations were set to clash at many points along the way. Would the ‘Next…

The magnificent Indian Wells Premier event in the desert of California could not have hoped for a better outcome when the draw was made two…

Two of the most successful men to play at the first and perhaps most prestigious Masters tournament of the year, four-time champion and world No1…

Everywhere you looked in Indian Wells, as the final 16 men competed for their place in the quarter-finals, there were battles between the generations. The…

The fight for the final places in the fourth round of the first and grandest of the ATP Masters tournaments threw up rivalries of every…

The Lawn Tennis Association has announced that Judy Murray has resigned as team captain of Great Britain’s Fed Cup team. Murray, who has been captain…

The two previous champions in Indian Wells, top seed Novak Djokovic and No4 seed Rafael Nadal, both unexpectedly found themselves in three-set battles on their…

Little more than a year ago, British women’s No1 Johanna Konta was ranked 146 and plugging her way through qualifying. She exited the Australian Open…

Before the stars of the draw, the two former champions at the first Masters of the year, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, made their opening…