Marianne Bevis Archives: 04/2017

Just seven short days ago, the famous centre court at the Monte-Carlo Country Club spelled out No10 in ball kids to recognition of the remarkable…

Aljaz Bedene’s name may continue to be absent from Great Britain Davis Cup squad after his application to play for his adopted country was rejected…

The historic Barcelona ATP500 draw started out with an impressive 20 players in the ever-burgeoning over-30 group. And certainly, some of those over-30s made some…

The governing bodies of tennis have approved enhanced measures for the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme from 1 May. These include an increase in the volume of…

For the second time in a week, wild card and world No1 Andy Murray found himself facing one of the most improved players of the…

It is, this being the week of one of tennis’s most historic venues and tournaments, hard to look beyond Barcelona’s most famed and prolific champion,…

History and the record books were lined up against the world No24, Albert Ramos-Vinolas, when he took to one of the most beautiful courts in…

The first day, and Johanna Konta’s first match, in the World Group 2 play-off tie that determined GB’s fate in joining the elite 16 nations…

It was clear from his earliest days, in David Goffin’s first Grand Slam appearance, that here was a player with the potential to be one…

With so much at stake for both nations—a place among the elite 16 in tennis’s Fed Cup—and with two of the sport’s top players—Great Britain’s…

Its history may not be as long as that of the Davis Cup, but the Fed Cup’s roots and subsequent evolution have ensured it is…

It is almost four years since Andy Murray was forced to retire in his opening match at the Rome Masters with what had become a…

Serena Williams left the tennis world in a state of confusion last night after posting a selfie subtitled “20 weeks”, only to remove her Snapchat…

On an increasingly overcast Wednesday, there were more ‘firsts’ than the Monte-Carlo fans could shake a stick at as the 56-man draw funnelled into the…

There has never been any doubting the prowess of Novak Djokovic when it comes to clay, even though his first Major and first Masters came…

Daniel Evans and Kyle Edmund have grown used to each other’s tennis and company in the last few years courtesy of Great Britain’s rise in…

Until now, the tennis year has been dominated by the punishing hard courts and temperatures of Australia, the Middle East, and North America. And while…

It can often feel as though Roger Federer has more families than the average person. Perhaps it is, in part, down to the time he…

There were, of course, bagpipes. And there was, of course, an introductory nod to the world No1’s knighthood: “Sir Andy Murray”. The Briton had taken…

The 11,000 seats were sold out in hours, and no wonder when Switzerland’s favourite son, 18-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer is set to play…

It is not the first time that Roger Federer has thrown his weight behind a big fund-raising event in homeland Zurich and it will almost…