Marianne Bevis Archives: 01/2020

Tennis fans and pundits have been calling on the next wave of players to step up to the plate on the biggest stages, to try…

The backdrop to the first men’s semi-final at the Australian Open was certainly compelling. World No2 Novak Djokovic played No3 Roger Federer for a 50th…

Of the four quarter-finals to emerge from this year’s men’s draw, perhaps the most eagerly-anticipated was that between the top-ranked men at the top of…

The task was always going to be an uphill one for Milos Raonic. All but one of his four matches had been played in the…

Roger Federer nearly didn’t make it to match-win No100 at Melbourne Park on Friday night. After their meeting at the US Open a few months…

How appropriate that the ever-popular Marat Safin has been in Australia since the start of 2020, first as captain of the Russian ATP Cup squad…

When the Melbourne Arena at the Australian Open saw one of their favourite daughters, Caroline Wozniacki, lose a compelling two-hour, three-set match to Ons Jabeur,…

It was a blow to British hopes when former world No1 Andy Murray withdrew from this year’s Australian Open. Melbourne has been the scene of…

By the time six-time Australian Open champion, Roger Federer, struck the first ball of his 2020 campaign, he had already notched up another significant number.…

The packed Rod Laver Arena had a mouth-watering opening schedule, and as one of three roofed stadia at Melbourne Park, home of the Australian Open,…

When Serena Williams launched her 2020 season with her first title in three years, in Auckland, her first victory since she won the Australian Open…

The Australian Open’s two most prolific champions, seven-time winner and world No2 Novak Djokovic and six-time champion and world No3 Roger Federer, have been drawn…

Swiss pair Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic will aim to defend their 2019 titles at this year’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships amid one of…

As the first Major tennis tournament of the new decade, the Australian Open, draws near, there is an air of anticipation—and air filled with smoke.…

There have been questions and doubts about many aspects of this newest tournament in tennis, the team-based ATP Cup—not least that it followed hot on…

If ever determination was etched on a face, it was on the visage of 20-year-old Alex de Minaur in a packed Ken Rosewall Arena at…

Sydney at last welcomed the two best players in the world to the all-or-nothing knock-out stages of the ATP Cup. No2 Novak Djokovic had yet…

Only two of the eight teams to advance to the knock-out stages of the new ATP Cup had done so with a completely clean sheet…

Nine nations were still in contention for the four remaining places in the ATP Cup quarter-finals on the final day of round-robin action across Australia.…

For many of the teams who completed the second phase of round-robin competition across Australia on Sunday, there was good news, and for some, very…

Much of the glory in the opening round-robin action on the debut day of action in the ATP Cup was seized by the stars of…