Sir Mo Farah, Lewis Hamilton head 12 nominees for 2017 BBC Sports Personality of Year
The 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year offered up an embarrassment of riches last year, with several multiple Olympic champions among the nominees for…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 11/2017
Davis Cup 2017: Can Goffin and Darcis lead giant-killer Belgium past France to victory at last?
Belgium may be one of the smaller countries in Europe, and it certainly cannot compete with neighbours, Germany, France and the Netherlands when it comes…
Shot clock among handful of rule changes to debut at Australian Open
After trials in last year’s US Open qualification and junior rounds and at the debut playing of the ATP NextGen Finals in Milan earlier this…
Grigor Dimitrov beats David Goffin to win his biggest title, ‘But I still have a lot to give’
This is a tournament that has been dominated by a very select group of men for close to 14 years. The tennis calendar’s finale, the…
Nitto ATP Finals: Grigor Dimitrov beats Jack Sock into final to scale new heights in London
Regardless of the outcome of the inter-generational match between Roger Federer and David Goffin, the tournament this year was guaranteed its first debutant finalist in…
Nitto ATP Finals: David Goffin ends Roger Federer’s dream season for shot at own fairytale ending
It has become no big deal for Roger Federer to be faced with a player who was just 10 years old when the Swiss first…
Andy Murray announces split with coach Ivan Lendl
Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl today announced they have mutually agreed to end their coaching relationship. During their first partnership, which began at the start…
Nitto ATP Finals: Goffin surges through Thiem to set semi showdown with Federer
Since its beginning in 2014, it has become one of the most promising rivalries on the tennis tour. There may be two years between Dominic…
Andy Murray Live raises over £700,000 for Unicef and Sunny-sid3up, as Federer praises rival’s return
Andy Murray Live, the tennis exhibition event set up by two-time Olympic gold medallist and Wimbledon champion, Andy Murray, has this year raised over £700,000,…
Amazon Prime wins TV rights to 37 ATP World Tour events, Rolex extends partnership
The ATP has this week announced a new broadcasting partnership with Amazon Prime and an extension to its sponsorship agreement with the prestigious Swiss brand,…
Nitto ATP Finals: Edgy Federer goes 3/3, as debutant Sock survives Zverev thriller to reach SF
Even Roger Federer’s most devoted fans may not have anticipated that he would advance so swiftly to the knock-out stage of his 15th World Tour…
Nitto ATP Finals: Grigor Dimitrov dominates day of debutants to seal semi-final place
It was entirely possible that Wednesday would prove to be a red-letter day for one of the debutants playing at the prestigious end-of-year showdown in…
Nitto ATP Finals: Federer wins battle of the ages over Zverev to reach 14th semi-final
So all eight men had displayed their wares. Now, on Day 3, it was beginning to get a little serious for some of them: the…
Nitto ATP Finals: Nadal’s campaign for ‘missing one’ ends in defeat by Goffin as he ends season
There is not much that Rafael Nadal has not achieved in tennis. With 75 singles titles, including 16 Majors, 30 Masters and two Olympic gold…
Nitto ATP Finals: Grigor Dimitrov edges Dominic Thiem in battle of the single-handers
Tennis, perhaps, has grown used to the presence of the one-handed backhand, because tennis has become accustomed to the presence of one that shot’s most…
Nitto ATP Finals: Roger Federer ‘full steam ahead’ as he targets big finish in year of rejuvenation
A lot of water had passed under the Roger Federer bridge since the famed Swiss had last taken to court at London’s iconic O2 arena.…
Hyeon Chung beats Rublev to win inaugural ATP NextGen Finals, as innovations come under scrutiny
In the first playing of the NextGen ATP Finals in Milan, contested by the best 21-and-under players in the world, it was South Korea’s Hyeon…
ATP Finals: The lowdown on players, records, and quotes, featuring Federer, Nadal, Zverev, Dimitrov
For today’s tennis audience, the first playing of the end-of-season championships in 1970 may seem an eternity ago. How many of those who pack out…
ATP Awards: Hat-trick for Federer among gongs for Nadal, Shapovalov, Tecau and Bryans
As if Roger Federer’s 2017 season had not been enough of a triumph, given that he returned in January after a six-month absence and knee…
Roger Federer and Andy Murray delight Glasgow, but Murray keeps big news under his hat
The 11,000 who packed out the Glasgow SSE on Tuesday night could not have wished for more from the two tennis players who took to…
ATP Finals 2017: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer top new-look groups in London
After a delay of almost an hour, the promised draw, live, on Radio 2’s Chris Evans show was finally done and dusted. Boris Becker, one…