Marianne Bevis Archives: 07/2018

It was not easy, but then that was not surprising, given that Andy Murray had last played a hard-court match and last played in North…

The ‘dog days’, the hot sultry days that meander across the northern hemisphere from July to August, send many in search of relief from weekly…

It was heading deep into the evening on Friday the 13th, men’s semi-final day, and it was indeed proving unlucky for some. John Isner, beaten…

The records just kept stacking up as the last four men standing battled like warriors to reach the final of the oldest Major of them…

It had been two years since Serena Williams won her second straight title here on the lawns of the All England Club, her seventh Wimbledon…

Where to begin with the most played tennis rivalry in modern tennis? Two of the greatest players of their age were about to extend their…

When it comes to the final four at this year’s Wimbledon Championships, age is clearly just a number. Every man in the last quartet was…

She may not have been on the courts of Wimbledon for two years, but that had not stopped the seven-time champion Serena Williams picking up…

Certainly the 2018 playing of the Wimbledon Championships took some unexpected twists and turns on the way to the final four women on final Thursday.…

As the quarter-finalists lined up, Roger Federer found himself among a quartet of big men with big serves. John Isner, Milos Raonic and Kevin Anderson,…

As it came down to the last eight men, Wimbledon proved yet again that quality will out. The quarter-finalists for the 150th anniversary of the…

By the time the bottom half of the women’s draw took to court to determine the second set of semi-finalists, the top section was already…

The statement was stark: the tournament notes ahead of the women’s quarter-finals said: “For the first time in Wimbledon history, no woman among the top…

On super Monday at Wimbledon, the schedule was packed with the last 16 men and women in the draw. They had enjoyed their ‘day of…

It is super Monday at Wimbledon—‘manic Monday’ for many—the day when all the remaining singles players strut their stuff on the courts of the All…

It was proving to be a week of firsts in a year of firsts for the No21 seed Kyle Edmund. He arrived at his home…

The tournament preview for the 132nd staging of the Wimbledon Championships is packed from start to finish by the name of Roger Federer. He is,…

Of the eight women seeded to reach the quarter-finals of this year’s Championships, only two remained in contention before the first week was over. The…

When it comes to rankings, it can be a curse to put together a best-ever season, as Johanna Konta did in 2017. She began last…

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Go back 15 years and one man was about to dominate the tennis scene, the…

The day after one young British Katie went out of The Championships having won her first Major match here this week—19-year-old Katie Swan—her doubles partner,…