Marianne Bevis Archives: 02/2021

These have been hard times for tennis players, their support teams and fans. Since Indian Wells was cancelled almost exactly a year ago due to…

Iga Swiatek, the elegant 19-year-old Pole who thrilled Roland Garros just five months ago to win the French Open without dropping a set—indeed without even…

Tennis has always featured strongly in the ‘Oscars of Sport’, the Laureus World Sports Awards, and this year is no exception, with world No2 Rafael…

Tennis Australia pulled off what seemed a near-impossible feat that began with two weeks of tight quarantine, was followed by seven ATP/WTA tournaments in the…

There has probably never been a Major tournament quite like it, and perhaps never will be again. It is a year since the world went…

The last match of the last day of the 2021 Australian Open featured one very familiar figure, the eight-time champion Novak Djokovic, taking his place…

If Daniil Medvedev was the form man in this year’s Australian Open draw, Naomi Osaka had a good case for being the form woman. The…

The last semi-final of this year’s Australian Open had taken on epic status long before the two protagonists, No4 seed Daniil Medvedev and No5 seed…

Is there a more formidable prospect in tennis than facing world No1 Novak Djokovic on the courts of Melbourne Park? The mighty Serb, about to…

They have been two of the form players through this most trying and testing 12 months. They also happen to be compatriots and good friends.…

In what is shaping up to be one of the toughest possible draws for seven-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams, the extraordinary American took yet…

One extraordinary week down, one week to go in an Australian Open that will be long remembered as the one that managed to defy a…

Men into quarter-finals No18 seed Grigor Dimitrov beat last year’s runner-up and the US Open champion, No3 seed Dominic Thiem, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0, in just…

At the start of the Australian Open, there were 17 left handers in the men’s singles draw. By the end of Day 6, with the…

It was not news that any Victorian wanted to hear, but after an outbreak of coronavirus in a Melbourne hotel, the authorities announced a swift,…

Melbourne Park displayed some of the extremes of tennis competition on Day 4 of the Australian Open. Former champion and world No2, Rafael Nadal, targeting…

Of the 12 remaining former Major champions in the women’s draw at this year’s Australian Open, eight were in the bottom half that played on…

There may be no Andy Murray in Australia this year—held back after his long absence following hip surgery by a coronavirus infection. And Kyle Edmund,…

After a rollicking preparatory week of six tournaments at Melbourne Park, the main event got under way: the 109th playing of one of the biggest…

Ahead of his trip to Melbourne, Dan Evans had been trying out a new coach. It did not quite work out so, not for the…

British No1 Dan Evans continued his excellent form in Melbourne with a win over Jeremy Chardy, 6-2, 6-2, in barely one hour. It takes him…