Indian Wells 2018: Muguruza and Konta lead clutch of seeds out at first hurdle
Fewer than half the seeds in the top half of the BNP Paribas Open remain standing after their first matches, with the tournament heading into…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 03/2018
Indian Wells 2018: Williams and Azarenka make it double-delight in the desert
The term ‘blockbuster’ is scattered with free abandon in sports journalism, but on this occasion, the night schedule at the BNP Paribas Open deserved the…
Indian Wells ATP preview: Federer goes for more records, but returning Djokovic may have other ideas
Across 14 years, just three current players’ names have featured on the honours board of the first Masters on the tennis tour in glorious Indian…
Indian Wells preview: Former champs to the fore as Williams & Azarenka return, Halep & Wozniacki vie for No1
Indian Wells always marks a special season in the tennis calendar. For the men, this is the first and biggest Masters of the year, for…
Svitolina may have won the prize, but New York belonged to returning champs Williams and Bartoli
There really is no keeping Elina Svitolina down. After racking up five titles last year—including big Premiers in Dubai, Rome and Toronto—and challenging for the…
Kyle Edmund overtakes Andy Murray to become GB’s top-ranked man with career-high mark
It has been some year for the young tennis player who only turned 23 a month ago. Kyle Edmund has become the top-ranked British man…
Big men rising as Juan Martin del Potro tops Kevin Anderson in race to No8 with Acapulco title
Neither world No8 Kevin Anderson nor world No9 Juan Martin del Potro is a stranger to adversity. Both big men—the former just over 2m tall,…
Dubai 2018: Top 10 has to wait for Pouille as ruthless Bautista Agut wins first ATP500 trophy
The two men who would contest the prestigious ATP500 Dubai Duty Free Championships each had one title to their names already in 2018. No3 seed…
Rafael Nadal’s injury troubles continue as he pulls out of Indian Wells and Miami Masters
A day after Stan Wawrinka announced that a continuing knee problem had forced him to withdraw from the Indian Wells and Miami Masters, Rafael Nadal…
Dubai 2018: Lucas Pouille targets top 10 against Bautista Agut in third final in three weeks
No2 seed, the 24-year-old Lucas Pouille, who arrived in Dubai on the back of the Montpellier title and Marseille final in February, will take on…
Dubai 2018: Malek Jaziri’s thrilling run continues to reach first SF; Bautista Agut up next
The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships may have begun without its multiple defending champion Roger Federer, it may have lost its top seed Grigor Dimitrov—the…
Stan Wawrinka pulls out of Indian Wells and Miami as news awaited on return of Djokovic, Nadal, Murray
Three-time Major champion Stan Wawrinka has today announced that he will skip the Masters 1000 tournaments that begin next week in North America—Indian Wells and…