Marianne Bevis Archives: 05/2016

The No4 seed Garbine Muguruza and unseeded Shelby Rogers must have been counting their blessings that they were scheduled early on the middle Sunday of…

It will probably be little consolation to world No1 Novak Djokovic that Roland Garros has been coping with its own slice of history in this…

Some kind of order seemed to descend at last on the men’s draw at this year’s French Open when the last-16 line-up was finally set…

They are two superstars of women’s tennis. Serena and Venus Williams. The sisters, who continue to headline the women’s tour after almost two decades, are…

It was certainly an opportunity to relish for the British No2, Aljaz Bedene. He would take on the very best that tennis has to offer,…

Such has been the dominance of ‘the big four’—now arguably expanded to ‘the big five’—at the top of the game that many have cast around…

Rafael Nadal, the most successful man in the history of the French Open, has been forced to withdraw from what he called “the most important…

Considering that world No2 Andy Murray has reached the semi-finals of the French Open three times in his last four visits, and at least the…

The records have just kept tumbling since the tennis world shifted to Paris. Some, like Roger Federer’s run of consecutive Grand Slam appearances was, of…

The second-ranked British man, Aljaz Bedene, had already achieved something at Roland Garros that he had not managed before: He won a main-draw match to…

Such is the dominance of Serena Williams on the women’s tour and in Grand Slam history that her campaign to match the Open era record…

No matter the pedigree, the ranking, the titles and the reputation, the opening stages of a Grand Slam tournament are never a foregone conclusion. It…

This time last year, Serena Williams began what would become one of her most gruelling French Open campaigns after a brilliant but draining season that…

The defending French Open champion Stan Wawrinka came close to setting the first French Open record of the year on the first full day of…

Perhaps for the first time in his impressive career, Andy Murray arrived at Roland Garros as one of the chief contenders for the title. Fresh…

For the British No2 Heather Watson, ranked 56 and playing in her sixth French Open, her first match was not so much a game of…

For Johanna Konta, who just a week after turning 25 embarks on her first Grand Slam as a seed, the firsts seem to keep coming.…

There are worse reasons for a defending champion to arrive late to the site of one of his most celebrated victories than the one offered…

World No1 Novak Djokovic turns 29 on a very wet, very grey opening day at the French Open. But even though this is the one…

Coming into her 15th French Open, defending and three-time champion Serena Williams summed it up quite simply. Asked about her season so far, she said:…

This year’s French Open, the small but perfectly formed climax to Europe’s sweep through Monte-Carlo and Madrid, Rome and Stuttgart, is proving to be a…