Injury concerns for Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and more as Australia prepares for 2018
This time last year, this column began with the question, ‘Can top-10 stalwarts bounce back?’ This year, though in a rather different scenario, the question…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 12/2017
Novak Djokovic: Rested and rehabbed, yes, but busy Serb set to hit the ground running
Novak Djokovic may have been long absent from the competitive tennis tour—since his retirement in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, to be precise. But one thing…
Sir Mo Farah and Roger Federer win top awards at 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year
It was Sir Mo Farah’s moment at last—and not before time, many might argue—to be crowned 2017’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year, after collecting…
Aljaz Bedene gives up fight for GB Davis Cup and Olympic career after nine years
Aljaz Bedene, world No49 and the second ranked Briton in men’s tennis after Andy Murray, announced yesterday that he is to return to the country…
Konta, Ostapenko, Kvitova – and Americans – captivate fans
A star is born in Paris Jelena Ostapenko was just 19 and ranked 71 as she geared up for North America this March, but her…
Halep, Svitolina, Venus Williams and more gripped fans all the way to Singapore
Some of the biggest names in women’s tennis would end up sitting out much of 2017. Serena Williams did not play after the Australian Open…
Del Potro surges back vs Thiem at US Open – and on to year’s end
The continuing saga of Argentine del Potro cranked up throughout a season that did not even begin for the injury-blighted big man until late February.…
Grigor Dimitrov and Dominic Thiem: A rivalry evolves in Madrid and London
2017 saw the flowering of a budding rivalry between two players who have had expectations heaped on their shoulders over recent seasons, but who had…
Federer impossible to ignore, but Dimitrov, Goffin and more stand tall
“In the bleak mid-winter…”, the sun-drenched sport of tennis at last pauses for breath. The players have done their bit for another year, starting on…
Gordon Reid, Alfie Hewett, and Andy Lapthorne pursue British history at Tennis Wheelchair Masters
Rio Paralympic finalists Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, who together won the Wimbledon doubles title this year, have made British tennis history by guaranteeing the…
Manolo Santana to mark 80th birthday by handing reins of Mutua Madrid Open to Feliciano Lopez
One of Madrid’s most famous sporting sons, Manolo Santana—a four-time Major singles champion and world No1 during the 1960s—will mark his 80th birthday next May…
Novak Djokovic recruits Radek Stepanek as preparations for his 2018 return take shape
Almost a year to the day after Novak Djokovic announced the end of his coaching partnership of three years’ standing with Boris Becker, the former…