Britons on grass: Konta into Nottingham QF, Bedene makes QF in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Players across the world have been making a beeline for Europe’s grass courts for a packed three weeks of adjustments from red clay to the…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 06/2017
Back to grass roots: Refreshed Federer, returning Azarenka, defending Murray and more key storylines
These days, tennis can luxuriate in more than a month on the grass after three months of sweating out the hard courts of Australia and…
French Open 2017: Rampant Rafael Nadal powers by Stan Wawrinka into record books with No10
This time last year, the future seemed uncertain for the greatest player ever to wield a racket on a clay court. Rafael Nadal had been…
French Open 2017: Roland Garros crowns new star Jelena Ostapenko, Halep No1 hopes dashed
In an extraordinary climax to an extraordinary match in an extraordinary French Open campaign, a new champion has been born. Jelena Ostapenko turned 20 on…
French Open 2017: Dazzling Stan Wawrinka beats battling Andy Murray in five-set thriller to reach final
It was dejà vu time on a warm and breezy Friday in Paris. Last year, Andy Murray was riding one his best clay-court seasons into…
French Open 2017, the semi-finals: Records and milestones at stake for Nadal, Murray, Wawrinka and Thiem
Four of the seven top-ranked men in tennis, all former semi-finalists, are about to play their hearts out for a place in Sunday’s French Open…
French Open 2017: Birthday joy for Jelena Ostapenko, who sets title bout vs aspiring No1 Simona Halep
Eighth of June: This has, over the years, become something of notable date in women’s tennis. Lindsay Davenport: three Majors and a former No1, born…
French Open 2017: Crafty Bacsinszky and teenage Ostapenko weather the storms to set birthday semi-final
All seven former Grand Slam champions in this year’s French Open draw, and seven of the 10 Major finalists had all fallen by the wayside…
ITF announces plans to reform Davis Cup and Fed Cup for 2018
The ITF’s Board of Directors has approved a series of reforms for the inter-nation tennis tournaments, the Davis Cup and Fed Cup, which are expected…
Andy Murray admits he’s ‘come a long way’ after beating challenger Khachanov for 650th match-win
Andy Murray may have had a slow start to the clay season—he only once got past his opener in a clay tournament before Roland Garros,…
Opportunity knocks at French Open for Mladenovic, Halep, Svitolina and Wozniacki
The big names in Paris had tumbled early. No1 seed and reigning US Open champion Angelique Kerber left open the door for Nos2 and 3…
French Open 2017: Karen Khachanov carries #NextGen banner into Round 4 showdown with Andy Murray
Amid an array of former French Open junior champions from more than a decade back—Stan Wawrinka, Richard Gasquet, Gael Monfils, Marin Cilic—and in a half…
French Open 2017: Andy Murray hails ‘important win’ over Del Potro in latest dramatic contest
Middle Saturday at Roland Garros was already proving to be a day of firsts, with more of them lined up by middle Sunday. The always-popular…
French Open 2017: Anderson to face Cilic for QF place after downing Kyle Edmund in 5-set marathon
Kyle Edmund certainly has every reason to enjoy playing at Roland Garros—and has done since his very first time in the main draw here. Roland…
French Open 2017: Rafael Nadal thunders through as Novak Djokovic weathers Schwartzman storm
This time last year, the weather in Paris was unseemly. It rained cats and dogs for days, the Louvre shifted its artworks, the Seine-side promenades…
French Open 2017: Edmund breaks new ground in Paris, but it will be Anderson not Kyrgios next
For Kyle Edmund, Roland Garros may not have been the first Major where he played in the main draw. That was his ‘home’ Wimbledon, back…
French Open 2017: Murray sets Del Potro blockbuster, as Wawrinka’s form rises
Andy Murray, playing in his 10th French Open, had ducked and dived past one record he did not want on his resume in his opening…