Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Czechs survive scare as United States breeze through
ON day two of our Fantasy Fed Cup tournament, the third and fourth seeds in United States and Czech Republic also won their opening matches, but in very different circumstances. The United States breezed past Slovakia 3-0 not every dropping a set, while the Czech Republic bounced back from an opening match loss to win […]
Once Upon a Time… Novak Djokovic’s rise to the top
REWIND back to 2003. A little known 15-year-old who was born to parents of both Serbian (paternal) and Croatian (maternal) descent had just turned professional. In this new series, we take a look back at once upon a time and when it all started for the Grand Slam champions and we begin with world number […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Reigning finalists win opening games on day one
LAST year’s finalists and 2020 Fed Cup top seeds, France and Australia have won their opening games on day one of the Draft Central Fantasy Fed Cup tournament. The reigning champions France made relative light work of host nation Hungary, whilst Australia had a fair fight against Belgium to get through unscathed. FRANCE (3) defeated […]
Memorable matches: 2019 Monte Carlo Masters – Fognini stuns Nadal in semi-finals to win first Masters
THE King of Clay. Rafael Nadal is hardly ever beaten on the surface, let alone in a Masters event like Monte Carlo. Rewinding 12 months ago and the Spaniard was entering the ATP 1000 event vying for his 12th title in 16 years. Aside from his three-year break from winning the tournament between 2013-15 (where […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: 2020 Tournament preview
LIKE every sport on the planet right now, tennis is in hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means no live sport for the time being, and everyone is scrambling for whatever sport they can find be it the Belarusian Premier League, Tajikistan Basketball League or Ukrainian table tennis. Next week would have seen the […]
ATP/WTA Tour nation analysis: Lebanon
WITH all the ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournaments on hiatus for the time being, Draft Central will take a look at various nations across the globe and analyse how the top players from that nation are performing. Our next nation is Lebanon. Top ATP player: Hady Habib Rank: 761 (as of 16/03/2020) Age: 21 […]
ATP/WTA Tour nation analysis: Luxembourg
WITH all the ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournaments on hiatus for the time being, Draft Central will take a look at various nations across the globe and analyse how the top players from that nation are performing. Our next nation is Luxembourg. Top ATP player: Nil. — Top WTA player: Mandy Minella Rank: 147 […]
ATP/WTA Tour nation analysis: Cyprus
WITH all the ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournaments on hiatus for the time being, Draft Central will take a look at various nations across the globe and analyse how the top players from that nation are performing. Our next nation is Cyprus. Top ATP player: Petros Chrysochos Rank: 418 (as of March 16, 2020) […]
ATP/WTA Tour nation analysis: Algeria
WITH all the ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournaments on hiatus for the time being, Draft Central will take a look at various nations across the globe and analyse how the top players from that nation are performing. Our next nation is Algeria. Top ATP player: Mohamed Nazim Makhlouf Rank: 1224 (as of March 16, […]
ATP/WTA Tour nation analysis: Jamaica
WITH all the ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournaments on hiatus for the time being, Draft Central will take a look at various nations across the globe and analyse how the top players from that nation are performing. Our next nation is Jamaica. Top ATP player: Roland Phillips Rank: eq. 1593 (Doubles – as of […]
