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2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Unexpected exits in first half of Round of 64

OF the 14 seeds taking the court on day five of the Roland Garros fantasy tournament, just three missed out on a spot in the Round of 32. It was a far closer half of the draw than any of the Round of 128 quarters, with just a few matches won and done easily.  Of […]

2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Querrey takes out Medvedev in come-from-behind five-set win

A FIVE-SET come-from-behind win to Sam Querrey has caused the biggest upset of the tournament thus far. The unseeded American took down fifth seed Russian Daniil Medvedev, showing his higher ranked opponent that he meant business. The result came after Medvedev narrowly escaped a five-set match in Round 1, and despite leading two sets to […]

2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Ash Barty joins the fray

THE final day of Round of 128 saw reigning titleholder and world number one Ash Barty hit the court for the first time, and doing it in style with a threatening straight sets defeat of young talent Coco Gauff who is capable of defeating anyone on her day. The 6-2 6-2 victory started a slew […]

2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Johnson stands tall to oust Dimitrov

THE first round of the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament is complete, after the fourth day of first round matches played out in Paris today. In a similar story to the past three days, just one seed fell at the first hurdle, with 18th seed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov being the only casualty of […]

2020 Roland Garros fantasy: Young seeds prove strong on day three

ANOTHER big day at the Roland Garros fantasy tournament saw some big names grace the court, with four of this quarter’s top five seeds reigning supreme to head to the Round of 64. Americans once again came out on top for the most part, while a couple of grand slam champions rose to the occasion. […]

2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Qualifiers move through to second round with impressive wins

A RAFT of qualifiers defied their entry into the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis competition to post up impressive wins over higher ranked opponents and move through to the second round on day three of the competition. Among those qualifiers were Australian Bernard Tomic, Spaniard Carlos Taberner, Serbian Janko Tipsarevic and Bosnia and Herzegovian […]

2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Day 2 proves interesting with quality matchups

DAY 2 of the Roland Garros fantasy saw a couple of interesting matchups, with a few seeds falling to lower ranked opposition and some quality talent unlucky to fall given their solid form on the clay coming into the tournament.  With seven competitors from the United States taking the court on day two, the wins […]

2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: RBA salutes as Edmund topples compatriot

ROBERTO Bautista Agut survived a thriller against Italian Andreas Seppi, and Kyle Edmund won the Battle of Britain to move through to the second round of Roland Garros in the 2020 ATP fantasy tennis tournament. The 12th seed Spaniard was able to overcome Seppi in a topsy-turvy contest, eventually winning 6-1 4-6 6-0 2-6 6-2 […]

2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Straight sets victories dominate day one results

DAY one of the 2020 Roland Garros fantasy tournament saw plenty of strong results in the first quarter of the Round of 128, with all of the day’s seeds dominating in their matches. The top seeds of this quarter dominated, all completing their matches within or around the one hour mark. Fifth seed Garbine Muguruza […]

2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Jarry and Pella bundle out seeds on day one

A DISAPPOINTING five-set loss to Frenchman Benoit Paire on his home court was one of the only few major upsets of day one at Roland Garros fantasy tennis competition. The 31st seed was one of eight seeds out on court and joined American, John Isner as the only other two seeds out in the first […]

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