Marianne Bevis Archives: 10/2012

For the first time in more than two years, the top four seeds contested a place in a Masters final, and three of them—Novak Djokovic,…

After 22 years of drought since a British woman reached a main tour final, the lustre of the Olympic has touched home-grown sport one more…

This has become, it seems, the tournament of targets and milestones. Along with a dozen or so men competing for a place in the World…

The competition for the prestigious No1 ranking entered a new phase as the top seeds, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, took to the courts of…

With the end of the WTA tour fast approaching, the top two British women, Laura Robson and Heather Watson, are making an impressive surge at…

The biggest tournament in the Far East has many things in its favour. The Shanghai Masters is hosted by one of the most vibrant and…

Two of the rising stars of the men’s tour, 21-year-old Milos Raonic and 22-year-old Kei Nishikori continued their David and Goliath antics in Tokyo to…

The China Open, played out in Beijing in one of the finest tennis venues in the world, has lived up to its considerable promise. This…

This time last year, Andy Murray cut a swathe through the Asian swing with a clean sweep of three titles: Bangkok, Tokyo, and finally the…

While the men are still building towards their ‘Asian swing’ climax at the Shanghai Masters next week, the women know that theirs is right now…

The tennis pace picks up with a vengeance during the frenetic three-week Asian swing as two men with ambitions for the year-end No1 and the…