Marianne Bevis Archives: 07/2019

The ‘dog days’, the hot sultry days that mark the slow transition from Wimbledon’s grass back to the hard courts of the North American US…

The last final at Wimbledon between two of The Big Three men in modern tennis, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal, was back in…

It may not be as iconic as the rivalry that has evolved between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, yet just two years after the Roger-and-Rafa…

It was a final of stark contrasts but one featuring two very familiar women: Serena Williams and Simona Halep, both Major champions, both former No1s.…

So renowned is the rivalry between two of the greatest tennis players ever to lift a racket that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal really…

Three of the greatest men to have ever played tennis were, once again, in the frame when it came to the business end of a…

Their paths to the notable 40th meeting between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had certainly been very different. World No2 Nadal had not yet faced…

There were the oh-so-familiar and the rather less familiar among the four women who took to the most famous court in tennis on a warm…

Not for the first time, the question as the last eight attempted to earn their place among the last four was not so much who…

It is probably fair to say that, when it comes to the last remaining Briton in the singles draws at Wimbledon this year, Johanna Konta,…

It is a mug’s game, predicting who will come through from the opening draw to the second week of a Major. Take that first look,…

In truth, there were not many pundits who thought the 15-year-old Coco Gauff could continue her run through the singles draw beyond Manic Monday, the…

It was just a couple of days after Roger Federer announced that his latest Match for Africa fundraiser would be in South Africa. The question…

The world No1 Ashleigh Barty opened a hot Saturday programme on Centre Court, perhaps surprisingly playing there for the first time after sojourns on Courts…

It was one of the headline matches of the day, a contest between two Major champions, Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka, and they had scored…

When the draw for Wimbledon was made a week ago, one match jumped off the page. It was not in the first round but a…

After the disappointment of losing the top-ranked British man Kyle Edmund and then the ever-popular Heather Watson in Wednesday’s second-round schedule, all eyes turned to…

The Queue at Wimbledon is famous: it is as part of scene here as strawberries and cream, with numbered tickets just as formal as those…

Two Britons made it through on the first day of action at Wimbledon, both the top-ranked man, No30 seed Kyle Edmund, who beat Jaume Munar,…

The biggest name, the world No1 and the defending champion, Novak Djokovic, would christen the famous Centre Court turf at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Such…

Angelique Kerber has won more than 100 matches at Major level but it is probably fair to say that the 31-year-old German has got better…