Dubai 2020: Djokovic beats Tsitsipas to win fifth in Dubai, and 21st straight match
What more was there left to say about the achievements of world No1 Novak Djokovic? Well for a start, he was now sure to keep…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 02/2020
Dubai 2020: Tsitsipas ends Evans run to set final against former champ Djokovic
In the lightning pace of Dubai’s ATP500 tournament, it is essential to save energy, to try and get those quick and efficient wins. Here, the…
Dubai 2020: Dan Evans beats Rublev to reach first ATP500 semi-final; plays Tsitsipas
World No37 Daniel Evans has recorded his fifth top-20 win of the year so far in another stand-out performance in the quarter-finals of the Dubai…
Maria Sharapova, five-time Major champion, announces retirement from tennis
One of the most recognisable faces on the tennis stage, Maria Sharapova, has announced her retirement from tennis with immediate effect. In an unusual move,…
Dubai 2020: Dan Evans beats Fabio Fognini in comeback thriller
World No37 Daniel Evans came back from a set and a break down to record his fourth top-20 win of the year so far, beating…
Dubai 2020: Top dogs, led by No1 Djokovic and No2 Nadal, break cover as Indian Wells/Miami loom
Two of the most popular ATP500s begin this week on opposite sides of the northern hemisphere. Acapulco and Dubai sit on similar latitudes, enjoy year-round…
Dubai Premier 2020: Halep beats gallant debutante Rybakina to win 20th career title
After a thrilling week of women’s tennis at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, a week that featured five of the top seven in the…
Dubai Premier 2020: Elina Rybakina beats another seed to reach fourth final of year
The remarkable Elina Rybakina was a break down in both sets, and saved set-points in both tie-breaks, but after two and a quarter hours, the…
Dubai Premier 2020: Muguruza and Pliskova fall to surging Brady and Rybakina
In a tournament of upsets, two more of the big names at the Premier 5-level Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships found themselves dispatched from the…
Roger Federer to miss Dubai, Indian Wells, Miami and French Open after knee surgery
It is less than two weeks ago that Roger Federer was facing off against Rafael Nadal in front of a record 52,000 fans to raise…
Dubai Premier 2020: Simon Halep and Garbine Muguruza survive thrillers to reach QFs
Top seed Simona Halep survived a gallant challenge from Ons Jabeur, fighting off a match point before claiming a 1-6, 6-2, 7-6(7) victory and a…
Dubai Premier 2020: Draw opens up as former champs Bencic and Svitolina fall at first hurdle
Defending champion and No4 seed Belinda Bencic, former two-time champion and No3 seed, Elina Svitolina, plus Australian Open champion and No5 seed, Sofia Kenin, have…
Dubai Premier: Kim Clijsters tests Muguruza, but Spaniard holds off ‘fan favourite’
It was perhaps Kim Clijsters’ misfortune to face Garbine Muguruza at a time when the statuesque Spaniard was regaining the formidable form that had won…
Rotterdam 2020: Gael Monfils beats Auger-Aliassime to win 10th title – back-to-back for first time
Both finalists at this year’s ABN AMRO Tennis Tournament had reached this final match without facing a seed, but only one of them had the…
Rotterdam 2020: Auger-Aliassime is tournament’s youngest finalist as he heads to fourth title bid
A year after the tall and oh-so-impressive Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime reached his first final in Rio, he continued to show why he is one…
Dubai 2020: Svitolina to face Muguruza in first round of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
In a stunning field that boasts six of the top 10 women in tennis, plus wild cards that include two-time Major champion Garbine Muguruza and…
Rotterdam 2020: Teenager Auger-Aliassime into semis, but fellow #NextGen Sinner loses thriller
Many tennis fans at the year’s first ATP500 event in Rotterdam were seeing one of the brightest prospects on the men’s scene, Jannik Sinner, for…
Rafael Nadal to headline charity fundraiser ‘Rafa and Friends’ at Indian Wells
World No2 Rafael Nadal, three times the Indian Wells champion, will headline a “Rafa and Friends” fund-raiser in the run-up to the 2020 BNP Paribas…
Four 500s, 12 cities, three surfaces, all crammed into 29 days: it must be February
January was one headlong leap into the new tennis season, but now the debut ATP Cup and the Australian Open are done and dusted. Time,…
Fed Cup 2020: GB drawn away from home yet again, in bid to keep World Group status
The GB Fed Cup squad did at least find themselves playing in front of a home crowd during their 2019 campaign to reach World Group…
Dubai 2020: Kim Clijsters begins comeback at 20th playing of Dubai’s Premier
Four-time Major champion and former No1, Kim Clijsters, has chosen the 20th anniversary edition of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to begin her eagerly…