Marianne Bevis Archives: 06/2019

It is a ritual at The Championships: The first match played on Centre Court is always the defending men’s champion, and this year, that honour…

Almost from the moment that Serena and Venus Williams asserted themselves at the top of women’s tennis, it has been hard to look elsewhere for…

World No3 Karolina Pliskova won her second title at the Nature Valley International, Eastbourne, having also won in 2017, and asserted her claim to be…

It is probably fair to say that world No5 Angelique Kerber feels very at home on the grass of Wimbledon. Not only is she the…

The switch in seedings between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the end counted for nought: The two former champions and great rivals have been…

The build-up to the all-too-brief tennis grass season began little more than a fortnight ago, but already players and fans alike are looking ahead to…

Ashleigh Barty hit her way into the history books at the Edgbaston Priory Club on Sunday, beating Julia Goerges 6-3, 7-5, to win the Nature…

Has a Spanish player ever been taken the hearts of the discerning Queen’s fans quite as much as this year, in the stately shape of…

The final day of the Noventi Open in Halle on final Sunday has found itself in a very familiar position. For the 13th time, in…

There was no getting away from it. Many had predicted a battle of the generations at the Queen’s Club in Kensington, a place that has…

It has been far from easy progress for the nine-time champion Roger Federer on the turf of Halle, just as the draw promised. His first…

Two of the most exciting young players to hit the tennis headlines in the last year, the 20-year-old world No6 Stefanos Tsitsipas and 18-year-old No21…

World No1 Novak Djokovic has once again chosen The Boodles for his only pre-Wimbledon appearance ahead of his title defence at The Championships. The 15-time…

It seems a long, long time since Andy Murray’s tennis fans saw the roaring face, the clenched fist, and the intense tennis that has made…

The grass may not have produced Stan Wawrinka’s biggest titles. Indeed the 34-year-old Swiss had never won a title on the green stuff among 16…

As if a wash-out on Tuesday at the Fever-tree Championships was not enough, the first-round match between the top-ranked Briton Kyle Edmund and the top…

Rain has plagued the arrival of the tennis grass season this summer. No matter the location of the tournament across England’s very green—the rain has…

The two-time Halle runner-up and No2 seed, Alexander Zverev, came through a tough opener against Robin Haase, 6-4, 7-5, during which he was forced to…

World No1 Naomi Osaka came through a high-quality opening battle on the grass of Birmingham to beat Maria Sakkari, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, at the Nature…

British No1 and world No18, Johanna Konta, is through to the second round of the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham after beating world No20, Anett…

It has not been the best season for the big, softly-spoken man from Croatia, Marin Cilic. After an unbroken two and a half years inside…