Davis Cup Final 2019: Rafael Nadal flawless again in leading Spain to sixth victory
Here was Spain, five-times the Davis Cup champions and into their 10th final, led by one of his nation’s most beloved and admired sporting stars,…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 11/2019
Davis Cup Finals 2019: Shapovalov and Pospisil battle past Russian duo to reach first final
Both teams in the first Davis Cup semi-final in Madrid could already be hugely proud of their efforts. With injury and fatigue knocking out all…
Davis Cup Finals 2019: Nadal, Murray, Djokovic lift fortunes of new tournament
Twelve months down the road from the very last final in the ‘old’ version of the Davis Cup, the version where two nations came through…
ATP Finals 2019: Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Thiem in epic final, youngest champion in 18 years
From the oldest on Saturday to one of the youngest on Sunday, a story for the ages quickly changed when 21-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas beat 38-year-old…
ATP Finals 2019: Mahut and Herbert complete the set with London title
Former doubles No1 duo, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, finally got their hands on the trophy that had eluded them: the Nitto ATP Finals title.…
ATP Finals 2019: Dominic Thiem beats Zverev to set Tsitsipas final showdown
Dominic Thiem may have cursed his luck when the draw was made last week for the season finale at the O2. Three times before, the…
ATP Finals 2019: Roger Federer bows out as explosive Tsitsipas makes final in his debut
They just keep getting younger, the men who Roger Federer finds himself facing at the highest level on the tennis tour. And the stakes do…
ATP Finals 2019: Nadal fights back again to force open door for SF chance
The Bjorn Borg group, at the closing of the round-robin stage of tennis’s finale at London’s O2, could not have been simpler. It came down…
Rafael Nadal ends year as No1 for fifth time, and the oldest to do so
Rafael Nadal, who regained the No1 ranking from Novak Djokovic the week before the top eight men in the world descended on London for the…
ATP Cup 2020 preview: New team event features entire top 20 – except Federer and Wawrinka
It will be all change at the start of the 2020 season for the men’s professional tour. Instead of a handful of separate tournaments across…
ATP Finals 2019: Roger Federer storms past rival Djokovic to reach 16th semi-final
Both Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer had been beaten by Dominic Thiem but scored wins over Matteo Berrettini. So it all came down to their…
ATP Finals 2019: Rafael Nadal in stunning comeback from match-point to beat Medvedev
To say that Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev had only met in truly demanding circumstances would be a huge understatement. Since the young Russian’s run…
ATP Finals 2019: Dominic Thiem beats Djokovic in thriller to confirm semi-final place
Dominic Thiem’s excellent season continued apace at London’s O2 this week with his opening victory over Roger Federer, the Austrian’s third win over the Swiss…
ATP Finals 2019: Roger Federer downs Berrettini to keep London hopes alive
As Roger Federer said himself after his straight-sets loss to Dominic Thiem in his first match at the O2 this year: “Not allowed to lose…
ATP Finals 2019: Explosive Zverev beats Nadal for first time to begin title defence
This is a title that, by its very nature, is important to every man in the draw. This is the elite eight, the ones who…
ATP Finals 2019: Tsitsipas ends losing streak to beat Medvedev in debut O2 appearance
It was Day 2 of the finale of the tennis season, and time for youth to try and have its day. And certainly there were…
ATP Finals 2019: Dominic Thiem beats Roger Federer for third time this year
It was certainly a tough opener for both men, No3 seed Roger Federer and No5 Dominic Thiem. Federer, 12 years the senior of the two,…
ATP Finals 2019: Champions Djokovic and Federer open play in London finale
The numbers on this opening Sunday of the Nitto ATP Finals were big no matter the viewing point. The grandest event in the ATP’s calendar,…
ATP Finals 2019: Joe Salisbury’s quiet journey from London – to London
It was the first Saturday in March, and Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram could not stop beaming. They had just won their first doubles title…
ATP Finals 2019: Roger Federer targets No7 in London – but at 38, priorities are changing
No matter that the great Swiss Roger Federer is now 38 years old. Nor that he has 20 Majors and 28 Masters titles to his…
ATP Finals 2019: Youth pursues experience in shape of Zverev, Tsitsipas, Medvedev, Berrettini
It is 12 years since Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer first met in this Nitto ATP Finals. And remarkably, the same three men,…