Marianne Bevis Archives: 05/2022

It is becoming one of the stories of this year’s women’s French Open singles draw. Not that world No1 and former champion Iga Swiatek had…

The second Monday of this year’s French Open would determine whether one very special record was achieved. Never, since Roland Garros became Grand Slam event…

The French Open has so often thrown the stars of the future into the limelight with their first Major victory. Evonne Goolagong won the first…

No surprise that world No1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic had cruised through two matches with ease: four games lost in his opener, 11 in…

It was something of a red-letter day at Roland Garros as the schedule reached Day 3 and the completion of Round 1. Yes, defending champion…

There was certainly no shortage of quality on show on the second day of this year’s French Open. No fewer than eight women’s Major champions…

The name of one young woman has been on the lips of every tennis fan, every tennis pundit, even of most fellow players. Such is…

It has become the norm: Wherever and whenever Novak Djokovic takes to court, there is usually a new record or milestone on the line. Last…

There was cake, as there has to be when such a big milestone is achieved on a tennis court. Novak Djokovic reached the final of…

So the final day in Rome came down to this: The two most in-form women by some distance, world No1 Iga Swiatek and No7 Ons…

Where to begin in guiding No3 seed Aryna Sabalenka as she faced the woman who has dominated the season, Iga Swiatek? The Pole went big…

It was a schedule to whet the appetite in a hot and sunny Rome, as the final eight men took to court with semi-finals places…

It was an extraordinary first set of tennis which lasted 80 minutes for just 10 games, as the world No1 and defending champion, Iga Swiatek…

Novak Djokovic would take to the magnificent Court Centrale at the Foro Italico with, not for the first time, a number of milestones within his…

The Italian Open is one of the most iconic tournaments in the tennis calendar. Not only does it date back almost 80 years for both…

The men’s draw could hardly have unfolded better for Spain’s home fans in the nation’s biggest tennis tournament. Perhaps if their long-standing hero Rafael Nadal…

The countdown to one of the most highly-anticipated Masters semi-final days began almost before the quarter-finals were over. With world No1 and former Madrid champion…

This promised to be a cracker of a day at the Mutua Madrid Open. For the first time in the tournament’s history, seven of the…

It was a red-letter day at the Caja Magica as the draws headed to the business end of the Mutua Madrid Open. Top of the…

The Madrid Open is one of the tour’s biggest stops, with 64 women and 56 men playing for some of the season’s most rewarding prizes.…

US Open champion Emma Raducanu only made her professional debut on clay a couple of weeks ago, winning one of her two matches in the…