Laver Cup 2022: John McEnroe’s Team World win for first time in explosive final-day comeback
Team Europe had won the Laver Cup on all four previous occasions. Now they went into the final day of competition needing two match-wins to…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 09/2022
Laver Cup 2022: Djokovic hits the ground running – and has no plans to follow Federer into retirement
The 21-time Major champion and man who has topped the ranks longer than anyone else, Novak Djokovic, had not played a competitive match in well…
Laver Cup 2022: Berrettini and Djokovic win for Europe; Norrie in bitter loss
Team Europe began the second day of competition with a rather different look from the one that united it in tearful emotion in the early…
Laver Cup 2022: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and the long farewell
The facts of the matter are easy to report. Day 1 of this year’s Laver Cup at the iconic O2 in London had yielded two…
Laver Cup 2022: Tsitsipas adds win to Ruud’s for early Europe advantage, but Murray loses
With the first point in the bag on the opening day at the Laver Cup, courtesy of the world No2 Casper Ruud, it was now…
Laver Cup 2022: The last dance of Federer and Nadal, as Europe hope for fairytale ending
Almost exactly 24 years to the day after the 17-year-old Roger Federer, still barely inside the top 1000, won his first senior tour match—against the…
Laver Cup 2022: Europe bids to stay unbeaten as Murray, Tsitsipas and Ruud open Day 1
The three-day Laver Cup, launched in 2017, was Roger Federer’s brainchild, his attempt to solidify the legacy of tennis great Rod Laver for generations to…
Laver Cup 2022: When Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray came together – on court and off
If the noise and excitement of the fans during the practice session of the players involved in this year’s Laver Cup is anything to go…
Roger Federer returns to London one last time: ‘It’s been a great, great journey. For that, I’m really grateful’
Roger Federer is back in London, the home of perhaps the greatest achievements in a career packed to the brim with glorious moments. For there…
Roger Federer: A personal tribute
Followers of tennis, whether particular admirers of Roger Federer or not, immediately knew what the first paragraph of his open letter yesterday augured. “Of all…
US Open 2022: Carlos Alcaraz wins first Major title over Casper Ruud, becomes youngest men’s No1
The four tennis Majors were down to the last one of 2022, the US Open. The 128 players in the men’s singles draw had become…
US Open 2022: Iga Swiatek captures third Major title over valiant Ons Jabeur
It all came down to the two highest-performing women in 2022, the two who had won the most matches, and would begin next week in…
US Open 2022: First Major title and No1 ranking beckon finalists Alcaraz and Ruud
Two weeks ago, five men entered the US Open draw with the chance to rise to No1 by the end of the tournament. Two of…
US Open 2022: Alcaraz beats Sinner in New York record-maker: ‘You have to believe in yourself’
On the morning after the night before, the talk was all of the two young men who had left their all on the biggest stage…
US Open 2022: Casper Ruud shines under the roof to beat Matteo Berrettini and reach semis
With the loss of all the remaining former champions in the fourth round of this year’s US Open—four-time champion Rafael Nadal, 2014 champion Marin Cilic,…
US Open 2022: Rublev ends Norrie hopes with ruthless tennis to reach quarters
There were milestones and records across the entire men’s draw as the last 16 players tried to seal a quarter-final place in the last Major…
An appreciation of Serena Williams: the unseen power of an inspirational woman
Anyone who has followed tennis for decades, and who has reported on it for almost as long, will most likely have said pretty much all…
US Open 2022: No stopping Williams on farewell New York ride, taking out No2 seed Kontaveit
For so long has Serena Williams dominated her sport—and she played her first full set of Majors 24 years ago—that she must have played 100s…