Marianne Bevis Archives: 05/2012

Last year in Rome, Andy Murray celebrated his birthday in far from ideal circumstances. He had just played one of the matches of his life…

Rome dawned on the first second-round day at the Foro Italico in an altogether kinder mood. The wind was a little lighter and the temperature…

Go back a decade in this illustrious, historic tennis tournament and the honours board is dominated by an exclusive set of men who are still…

It was a day to be born under a different star sign. The domain of Gemini may be a week away, but on this Sunday…

You know it’s Rome when the old-fashioned burnt-umber courts are watched over by towering statuary. You know it’s Rome when the temperature hovers at around…

Big men, big games, and big-time tennis: These were the qualities that brought No6 seed Tomas Berdych and No10 seed Juan Martin del Potro into…

The Mutua Madrid Open may be half done, the vast majority of the seeds may have reached their allotted third-round places and the sun may…

Well it worked. There have been more headlines, more discussions, more debates about the Madrid Open before the tennis even began to satisfy the most…

Last year in Madrid, two women who would become the players of the year went head to head in the final. The winner was Petra…

Dame Kelly Holmes, winner of two gold medals at the Athens Olympics in 2004, has highlighted swimmer Rebecca Adlington and cyclist Chris Hoy as great…