Marianne Bevis Archives: 03/2019

They may have been part of the oldest final in the Miami Open’s 35-year history: Roger Federer is 37 and John Isner is 33. They…

If ever a day of men’s tennis summed up the diversity and variety of players and styles that populate this sport, it was the 16…

The 96 have become 32 at the Miami Open, but while the third round is the first time that the tournament’s 32 seeds can face…

“The report of my death has been greatly exaggerated.” So wrote Mark Twain, but the sentiment may well have applied to one particular tennis stroke…

The name of the woman on everyone’s lips at the Miami Open this year continues to be 18-year-old Bianca Andreescu. The exciting young Canadian who,…

Hot on the heels of one spectacular, 96-draw tournament in the glamorous desert-and-mountain setting of California comes its more flamboyant, Latin infused sibling on the…

It was no surprise that Roger Federer, the poster-boy for almost two decades for the unique style of the one-handed backhand, referenced that feature of…

The three-time Major champion, Angelique Kerber, had, perhaps surprisingly, never before made it to the final of one of the WTA’s elite tournament, a Premier…

Once upon a time, when a young Roger Federer was just beginning to make his name on the main singles tour, having won the first…

There was no shortage of teenagers in the draws of one of the most prestigious events in the tennis calendar. Among the men’s Masters 96…

Two familiar, admired tennis stars against a pair of tall, ambitious 22-year-olds; Two multiple Major titlists, multiple Indian Wells champions, each facing a man who…

The young Swiss Belinda Bencic celebrated her 22nd birthday just this week, and yet to see her tennis and her results over the last month,…

It has come around so quickly in Indian Wells: Three rounds played, and the 96 men reduced to the final 16. And all of them…

The Association of Tennis Professional has released its 2020 calendar, and among its 63 tournaments across 29 countries, it includes the debut playing of the…

Among all the matches scheduled for a packed Tuesday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden—five-time champion and world No1 Novak Djokovic against Philipp Kohlschreiber, three…

Roger Federer may have one of the most admired single-handed backhands in tennis, and it has certainly served him well in the 20 or so…

It was certainly an eventful day in the women’s draw at Indian Wells on a chill Sunday. Serena Williams had quickly discovered that getting back…

Eighteen tournaments played and won, 18 different champions crowned. Such has been 2019 on the men’s tennis main tour. Will the 19th tournament, one of…

The tens of thousands who converge on the Indian Wells Tennis Garden this March weekend would, later in the day, be treated to the opening…

Roger Federer, five times a champion in Indian Wells, is the oldest to have lifted the men’s trophy in this stunning corner of California, this…

With the defending champion Juan Martin del Potro missing from the draw this year, the biggest and, judging by the votes of the players themselves,…