Marianne Bevis Archives: 06/2022

Wednesday was an extraordinary day for British players at Wimbledon. Of the 17 men and women in the singles draws, it was the two most…

After top seed Djokovic swept with ease to the third round on Wednesday, the second seed, Rafael Nadal, would attempt to do the same. Each…

Andy Murray, twice a champion at Wimbledon, a former No1, and winner of Olympic gold on the All England Club’s Centre Court, had never, in…

There was a bumper crop of Britons lined up in the singles draws this year, and many of them were carrying the flag into the…

It was a surprise, of the best kind, when seven-time champion Serena Williams announced she had taken a wild card into Wimbledon. A surprise because,…

There had been some debate about who should open play for the women’s draw on first Tuesday. Tradition has it that the defending champion always…

It was a familiar scene: Centre Court, fading light, but the fans still packed in and cheering every winning point from their main man, Andy…

There were several high-profile men in heavyweight mode as the opening day wore on through sun and rain and wind, but none more high-profile than…

Last year, Cam Norrie just made the cut for the Wimbledon seedings, starting the tournament as No29: His first seed happened to be Roger Federer,…

It began 145 years ago, the oldest tennis Major, and this year Wimbledon is marking the 135th men’s edition, the 128th women’s event—and the 54th…

As Andy Murray, twice a champion at Wimbledon, twice an Olympic champion, and for almost a year, world No1, said ahead of the tournament, there…

Daniil Medvedev finally broke the ‘big four’ deadlock at No1 after more than 18 years, but the first time he could top a Major draw…

This time last year, it was then world No1 Ash Barty who was the favourite coming into Wimbledon. She had built a stunning first half…

Jack Draper has reached his first-ever ATP semi-final at the Rothesay International at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, beating Ryan Peniston 6-3, 6-3. Draper is part of…

After the 2020 abandonment of the oldest and, in the judgement of many, the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, it seemed that Wimbledon…

The tall, quietly-spoken and modest Pole, Hubert Hurkacz, not only claimed his first ever grass title in Halle on Sunday afternoon, and his first ATP500…

The semis at Queen’s this year were shaping up nicely to bring two former champions together in the final. In the top half, it was…

It started with a bang, and no mistake, for a British player who was largely unknown by many of the Queen’s fans when his name…

It would be another sell-out at the Queen’s Club in up-market Kensington, and rightly so. The sun had come out to play, heating up the…

World No65 Nick Kyrgios ended the hopes of No2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a three-set win to advance to the quarter-finals of Halle’s ATP 500,…

Casper Ruud, at the age of 23, had really made his mark since the tennis tour returned to some kind of normality after the coronavirus…