Marianne Bevis Archives: 09/2020

Perhaps Roland Garros can count itself fortunate to have completed the entire first round of singles matches in its allotted time, given the cold temperatures…

Karolina Pliskova, the No2 seed at this year’s unseasonably late French Open, was certainly expected to follow her fellow former No1s Simona Halep, Serena Williams,…

After one first-round showdown between Major champions on Sunday, another wet day at Roland Garros delivered the other, this time between recent US Open champion…

It was promised, but that made the rain no more welcome as an optimistic French Open got underway in Paris. It was cold, windy and…

Roland Garros is not hosting the first Major event since the coronavirus pandemic shut down tennis around the globe—that privilege was enjoyed by Flushing Meadows…

Yes, the defending champion and world No1 Ashleigh Barty has opted to stay away from Paris—just as she did from New York and Rome. And…

In an unparalleled tennis season, barely into its second month following a five-month shut-down due to the coronavirus pandemic, there have already been some headline-making…

On paper, the final of this year’s Internazionali BNL D’Italia pointed to another Masters title for the world No1 Novak Djokovic. It was a title…

No matter how happy the tennis tour has been to get back onto the courts after its five-month lockdown, there is no denying the challenge…

In an unprecedented tennis season that has crowned only three tournament champions since February, this year’s unseasonably late Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome delivered one…

The Fed Cup, the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, with 116 nations entered in 2020, is to take the name of Billie…

These continue to be strange times for tennis. Who would have thought, after the usual sun-drenched month in Australia, that the next big hot, hard-court…

It was one of the most dramatic moments in a US Open that has just crowned a brand new Major champion, Dominic Thiem. The world…

This extraordinary US Open concluded with the 10th meeting between two of the best players in the world: No3 Dominic Thiem and No7 Alexander Zverev.…

It was perhaps inevitable that the 23-time Major champion, Serena Williams, would become the focus of media attention once she hit the North American hard…

Even before play got underway at this year’s US Open, there were some gaping holes in the women’s draw. World Nos 1 and 2, Ash…

With his opening win at an extraordinary US Open, Novak Djokovic extended his unbeaten record in 2020 to 24. And although, in the non-pandemic 2011,…

There were many things to disrupt the focus of former champion and No1 Andy Murray as he embarked on his first match at a Grand…

There is no getting away from it: this year’s US Open has a very different look. No fans, no hubbub, and VIP boxes around the…