US Open 2020: Can Serena Williams finally win No24 in a field missing three top-five players?
It will be a very unusual line-up of 128 women when main-draw action at the 2020 US Open gets underway on Monday morning. World Nos…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 08/2020
US Open 2020 preview: Djokovic targets 18th Major to close gap on absent Federer and Nadal
There are many, many things about the US Open that will be different in 2020, not least the absence of fans, qualifiers, many players’ families—indeed…
Nishikori, Del Potro, and Osaka: Night of tennis announcements envelops New York
These were already extraordinary times for tennis, as scenes across the vast Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York affirm. The home of…
Cincinnati 2020: Andy Murray off to winning start after 10-month gap: Zverev next
To see any top-flight tennis after almost six months in lock-down is a sight for sore eyes. To see Andy Murray play his first tour…
Cincinnati 2020: Former champs Williams, Keys, Pliskova begin build-up to US Open
Rather like the men’s draw at this year’s Western and Southern Open, two of the top-ranked players in the world have pulled out of the…
Cincinnati 2020: Former champs Djokovic, Murray, Medvedev return from coronavirus shutdown
Tennis fans have something to celebrate this week as main-tour competition finally sees the light of day after a closure of almost six months. It…
World No2 Simona Halep withdraws from US Open after winning Prague title
Simona Halep preluded her campaign in Prague last week by saying that she was still undecided about travelling to the Western and Southern Open and…
Djokovic, Nadal and Thiem qualify for very different Nitto ATP Finals in last O2 visit
After months of uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the ATP has now announced its provisional schedule for the rest of 2020. The first main-tour…
Djokovic confirms US Open entry as defending champs Nadal and Andreescu join list of withdrawals
World No1 and three-time former champion Novak Djokovic has confirmed that he will compete at the US Open in New York at the end of…
Prague Open: Simona Halep admits, after six months away, ‘I feel ready to start’
Simona Halep could little have expected, when she won her 20th career title in Dubai in February, that she had just played her last match…
Serena Williams opens door to imminent US Open and then Roland Garros
After its tentative return to the world stage in Palermo last week, women’s tennis this week sees some of its biggest names break cover for…
Madrid Open cancelled in latest blow to 2020 tennis schedule
With the revelations on Saturday of the discussions between the organisers of the Mutua Madrid Open and the regional health authorities, it became clear that…