Alexander Zverev listens and learns – from his brother and Roger Federer
The youngest junior in the top 100 and the youngest in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is 18-year-old Alexander Zverev, and when he took…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 02/2016
Rotterdam 2016: Teenage star Sascha Zverev makes ‘good beginning’ over Pospisil
It had been something of a rocky start for the first ATP500 tournament of the year in Rotterdam. As if losing its star draw Roger…
Wild cards for Halep and Kvitova boost Dubai line-up to six of WTA’s top 10
Defending champion and world No3 Simona Halep has delayed nose surgery in order to take a wild card into the prestigious Dubai Duty Free Tennis…
Rotterdam 2016: Monfils dismisses Gulbis to set first Coric meeting
If their one and only previous match was anything to go by, the Round 1 encounter between two of the most charismatic players on the…
Kohlschreiber, Baghdatis and newcomer Chung enjoy opening wins in Rotterdam
They may have been on the professional tour for upwards of 15 years, but over-30 men such as Andreas Seppi, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Gilles Muller…
Richard Gasquet forced to withdraw from Rotterdam 2016 with injury
Richard Gasquet has been forced to withdraw from the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, two days after winning his third Montpellier title. Ranked…
Rotterdam 2016: Generations collide as Coric wins for under-20s in an over-30s draw
It has been a subject of considerable debate in recent years: For how long can the “Federer generation” maintain such a grip at the top…
Marin Cilic looking for ‘the extra step’ in Rotterdam to make top eight
It is eight years since a very young, very tall, very quietly spoken Croatian tennis player first began to make some serious waves on the…
Golden Swing for Nadal, Dubai desert for Djokovic – but Federer and Murray miss February
The first pinnacle of the tennis season hits hard and fast after an all-too-short off-season, but now the Australian Open has done its work, crowned…
Australian Open: Milestones and memories for Djokovic, Kerber, Federer and two Murrays
The first Grand Slam of 2016 is over, and already the tour is off to pastures new. For the women, it will—literally—be new pastures at…