Marianne Bevis Archives: 05/2016

Arriving at Roland Garros with a best-ever clay season under his belt, Andy Murray is seeded No2 in Paris for the first time, and has…

When Wimbledon last year moved the sacrosanct fortnight of The Championships to a week later in the schedule, it opened the door for a fuller,…

The day after Andy Murray became the first British man since 1931 to win one of the most prestigious clay titles in the tennis calendar,…

After reaching the final of the glamorous and prestigious Rome Masters for the first time at his 11th consecutive attempt, Andy Murray hit the nail…

From the very first, from the moment the draw for the Rome Masters was made, this had been the match on everyone’s lips. For not…

Sometimes a little luck can prove a healthy incentive, and nowhere has that been more evident than in the bottom half of the draw for…

This week in Rome, the clay overture to the French Open, both the men’s and women’s draws posed as many questions as answers. As the…

There were times during world No2 Roger Federer’s third-round battle at the Rome Masters when it was tempting to ask: “When is enough enough?” The…

The biggest spoils when it comes to Masters titles have been shared by a very select band of men. Indeed since the first jewels in…

Roger Federer has been making waves in tennis for almost 18 years: It was in 1998 that he won junior Wimbledon and reached his first…

The day after British No2 Heather Watson scored a fine victory over No14 seed and home favourite Sara Errani, the top-ranked British woman, No23 Johanna…

The split between Andy Murray and his coach of two years, Amelie Mauresmo, which was announced in Rome yesterday, serves only to highlight how big…

As the women’s main draw gets under way for the Internazionali BNL d’Italia at a very warm Foro Italico, it is, in truth, hard to…

After an impressive clay run that saw Andy Murray reach the semis of the Monte-Carlo Masters, where he lost in three sets to Rafael Nadal,…

There is no denying that there was a lot at stake, a lot up for grabs, between the two men born within a week of…

As the glamorous European clay season pushes towards its climax at the French Open in two weeks’ time, there is a lot to play for—and…

Victoria Azarenka, world No5 courtesy of a resurgent season that has claimed 26 wins to just one loss and an unbroken 16-match run through Indian…

To say that the opening match for No4 seed Stan Wawrinka was eagerly anticipated is something of an understatement. For it pitched the 31-year-old Swiss…

A top-quality draw for the Mutua Madrid Open promised every champion and runner-up since this Masters moved to the spring clay in 2009: The entire…

Madrid had been on tenterhooks for weeks, crossing fingers that former champion and world No3 Roger Federer would slot the Mutua Madrid Open into his…

The high-altitude Madrid Masters, played out in one of tennis’s most architecturally stunning venues, the Caja Magica, has this year attracted the cream of the…