Rotterdam 2013: Everyone wants a piece of Roger Federer
In case it’s escaped the notice of anyone in the Netherlands, Roger Federer is back in town—in an ice-cold Rotterdam—and everyone wants a piece of…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 02/2013
Rotterdam 2013: Impressive Del Potro dispatches Monfils
It was still only day two, yet there had already been rather more upsets than the 40th anniversary edition of the prestigious Rotterdam 500 might…
The ‘strong and vulnerable’ Esther Vergeer calls time on unbeaten career
The end, when it came, had a certain matter-of-fact brevity. The most successful champion and one of the most admired individuals in sport tweeted: “Very…
Rotterdam 2013: Day of the young guns – Tomic, Janowicz & Dimitrov
It’s a big year for the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. The first ATP 500 in the tennis calendar is celebrating 40 years,…
Rotterdam 2013: Indoor stars Federer, Del Potro and Tsonga fire up
The rigours of the tennis year begin early and demand much. Steamy tournaments in Doha, Chennai and the Antipodes barely work limbs and rackets into…
Fed Cup 2013: Watson, Robson & Konta spearhead fresh GB challenge
Hot on the heels of its male sibling, the Fed Cup is taking to courts all over the world this week. The eight biggest guns—the…
Rafael Nadal begins comeback in South America’s ‘golden swing’
While most of the tennis tour ploughs the furrow of the northern hemisphere’s indoor courts—Rotterdam and Marseille, Memphis and San Jose—the burnished clay of South…