Marianne Bevis Archives: 02/2018

Third seed Roberto Bautista Agut will face former semi-finalist Borna Coric in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after each won their…

After a tennis season like 2017, which had followed a tennis season like 2016, Roger Federer was perhaps always the favourite to win big at…

Tennis has always featured strongly in the ‘Oscars of Sport’, the Laureus World Sports Awards, and this year was no exception. Indeed, 2017 offered up…

Content based on press release from ITF, 26 February 2018 The International Tennis Federation (ITF) today announced plans for a 25-year, $3 billion partnership with…

It has been a difficult few weeks for the popular Bulgarian star, Grigor Dimitrov. He reached new heights—in his tennis and his rankings—at the end…

Tough times for some of tennis’s biggest names in Australia turned into tough times through the fulsome February schedule, too. Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray…

The young and fearless 20-year-old Russian, Daria Kasatkina, had captured the hearts of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships fans in the course of her…

The young, bold, and apparently fearless 20-year-old Russian, Daria Kasatkina, captured the hearts of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships fans yet again after her…

The defending champion and top seed at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Elina Svitolina, needed only an hour and 22 minutes to beat the…

After taking a wild card into the Dubai Duty Free Premier tournament last week, Johanna Konta made a winning debut in her opener by beating…

Roger Federer came to Rotterdam with one big target in mind. If he could reach the semi-finals of the first ATP500 of the year, he…

Three of the names filling their allotted places in the ABN AMRO Tennis Championships were hardly a surprise, even though the likes of Stan Wawrinka…

It was one of the most highly anticipated matches of the week, the semi-final between two of the most creative, quick, and popular players on…

The anticipation had been climbing since Roger Federer returned to the Australian Open and defended his title. And as soon as he belatedly took a…

Its obituary has been written and filed for many years, but tennis’s most elegant shot, the one-handed backhand, refuses to die just yet. For while…

The leading light of the so-called #NextGen group of players, Alexander Zverev, rightly had high hopes of his chances at the ABN AMRO Tennis Championships…

Ruben Bemelmans has never won a main-tour title, not even reached a final. He topped out his ranking at No84 back in 2015 and now,…

The tournament had begun at a steady pace with world No4 Alexander Zverev headlining on Monday, ably supported by No17 Tomas Berdych. By Tuesday, the…

He was a wild card, benefitting from being a Dutchman in Rotterdam’s ABN AMRO Tennis Championships. But the 21-year-old Tallon Griekspoor certainly lived up to…

It was one of those days in a tennis schedule when it is hard to know which way to turn. The ABN AMRO Championships in…

The first ATP 500 of the year in Rotterdam rarely fails to draw a starry line-up. A quick look at some of the champions who…