Marianne Bevis Archives: 01/2019

Just a scant two months after the final of the ‘old’ format Davis Cup was won, away from home in Lille, by a jubilant Croatia,…

It had been billed as a blockbuster final, the latest instalment in the most played rivalry in tennis, a 53rd meeting between the top-ranked men,…

Lucas Pouille, after his demolition in this year’s Australian Open semi-finals by Novak Djokovic, summed things up concisely. “I think when Novak’s playing like this,…

When this year’s Australian Open got under way two weeks ago, the women’s draw was packed with Major champions, dating from 1999, Serena Williams, to…

There was no doubting that the Frenchman with flair, Lucas Pouille, had turned a corner since recruiting Amelie Mauresmo to his corner at the end…

There is no getting away from it. Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has been making a name for himself on the main tour for well over a…

· If Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova advance to final, winner will be No1 · If Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova advance to final, winner will…

If ever a former Major champion has looked the part more than Petra Kvitova at this year’s Australian Open, it must have been a close…

The top quarter of the women’s draw at this Australian Open was as hard as they get. World No1 Simona Halep, runner-up in the tournament…

It had been coming, as any fans of tennis knew, this rise of the exciting, fearless, attacking Greek player, Stefanos Tsitsipas. The genes were there,…

The world No1 and six-time Australian Open champion needed only to reach the fourth round in Melbourne this year to assure himself of the No1…

Such has been the dominance at the top of men’s tennis by the same names for so many years, that the question has grown louder…

Tennis has always featured strongly in the ‘Oscars of Sport’, the Laureus World Sports Awards, and this year is no exception. World No1 Novak Djokovic…

One thing was certain for the evening sessions on the two biggest show courts at Melbourne Park as the second round edged its way to…

It is a special year for the Australian Open: 50 years since the mighty Rod Laver won his second Grand Slam in 1969. The same…

The impressive Melbourne Arena at the Australian Open would have been packed out no matter who five-time finalist Andy Murray had drawn for this first…

Last year, there were a couple of very significant gaps in the women’s draw of the Australian Open. This year, there is a clean sweep…

Caroline Wozniacki and Roger Federer fill the night-time slots on the Rod Laver arena on the first day of action at the Australian Open as…

It hit Australia early, the news that many had dreaded but also expected. Andy Murray, in the latest of those routine, pre-tournament press conferences so…

It is a big year for the Australian Open and the tournament’s favourite son, Rod Laver. It is no accident that Melbourne Park’s showpiece centre…

The qualifiers are hard at it, the big names have been working up a sweat in training—and a few exhibition events too—and the hype is…