Shanghai Masters: Bold Del Potro plays big to beat Nadal & reach WTFs
After Rafael Nadal resisted some of the hottest tennis of the week from Stanislas Wawrinka in his quarter-final, it was has hard to imagine a…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 10/2013
Shanghai Masters: Djokovic’s run stays firm against wayward Tsonga
Were it not for the fine form shown by the charismatic Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, since returning to the tour after almost three months away with…
Shanghai Masters: Nadal wins, but Wawrinka will be back – and better
All four of the quarter-finals of this year’s Shanghai Masters were, on past records at least, one-sided affairs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, ranked No9, played Florian Mayer,…
WTA Championships 2013: Angelique Kerber secures final spot
Angelique Kerber has earned the eighth and final spot at the season-ending WTA Championships after reaching the semi-finals of the Linz Open in Austria. The…
Shanghai Masters: Del Potro wins semi spot – and charm offensive
It was the kind of the moment that sums up the character, charm and popularity of the big man from Argentina, Juan Martin del Potro.…
Wawrinka steps up again—over Federer and nearer London spot
Stanislas Wawrinka will surely remember 2013 as a rather special year in a tennis career that has already spanned more than decade. Ever since he…
Shanghai Masters: Djokovic rides Asian wave in late-season flourish
There is clearly something about the Far East that suits Novak Djokovic down to the ground. For while he may have lost the No1 ranking…
Shanghai Masters: Swiss wins lock Federer & Wawrinka in London race
The wait had been long and the return hugely anticipated by one of the most illustrious men in tennis’s record books. Roger Federer had not…
Shanghai Masters: Del Potro survives illness & classy Kohlschreiber
The weather may have brightened over the Qi Zhong tennis centre as the big names opened their accounts at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, but it…
Shanghai Masters: Gasquet’s London campaign hit by sizzling Pospisil
The rain may have poured cold water on the Shanghai Masters schedule for the second consecutive day, but beneath the closed petals of the majestic…
WTA Championships: Sharapova out as Kvitova, Errani, Jankovic qualify
The race to Istanbul, host city of the 2013 WTA Championships in 15 days’ time, looks set to go to the wire with the news…
ATP World Tour Finals 2013: David Ferrer qualifies, Del Potro next in line
A quarter-final finish in the Beijing 500 last week has ensured that world No4 David Ferrer is the latest to qualify for the ATP World…
Shanghai Masters preview: Federer seeks 1st Chinese title & London berth
The eighth of tennis’s nine showpiece tournaments, the Shanghai Rolex Masters, may have a short history but it is one of the most glamorous and…
Classy Radwanska joined by battling Jankovic & Kvitova in Beijing semis
Agnieszka Radwanska proved once again her versatility, agility and smart tactical head as she seriously undermined Angelique Kerber’s hopes of reaching the WTA Championships. Radwanska…
Beijing champs Williams & Jankovic have something else in common
As befits a tournament with the status, prize money and points that the China Open has on offer, the Beijing Olympic Park if fast becoming…
Tennis bids farewell to the star-crossed David Nalbandian
Perhaps it was written in the stars back in May when the charismatic David Nalbandian disappeared once again to undergo surgery. For the 31-year-old Argentine—a…
Milos Raonic sets sights on ATP World Tour Finals spot
Milos Raonic swept past Go Soeda to reach the second round of the Japan Open and keep his hopes of qualifying for the ATP World…
Of rankings, rackets & Wawrinka: Roger Federer’s peculiar year
2013 was always going to be an unusual year for Roger Federer. For a start, his new-look schedule, published at the end of 2012, reflected…