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2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Seeds mostly go to plan, with a couple of upsets on opening day

THERE were no major shocks in the ATP Libema Open, whilst six of the eight WTA seeds reached the second round in the WTA fantasy tennis tournament in s’Hertogenbosch. Of the day’s winners, the top three women dominated proceedings, whilst the highest seeded men largely had greater degree of difficulty to win. In the ATP […]

2020 WTA Libema Open fantasy tennis preview: Grass court season commences

THE 2020 WTA Libema Open fantasy tennis tournament is set to provide plenty of interest and excitement as the first grass court competition for the year following a massive Roland Garros last week. We preview the fantasy tournament, with plenty of familiar names gracing the court over the coming week. FAVOURITE Karolina Pliskova (CZE) Top […]

2020 WTA Nature Valley Open fantasy tennis: Kvitova the favourite as Garcia eyes back-to-back titles

NOW the 2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament is done and dusted, attention turns to Nottingham for the Nature Valley Open. Whilst there are plenty of young up and comers taking to the grass for the first time this year, there are also five top 20 players, led by top seed, Petra Kvitova. FAVOURITE: […]

2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Svitolina and Suarez Navarro set to do battle for grand slam victory

A MASSIVE two weeks of Roland Garros fantasy tennis has culminated in an intense day of semi-finals action, seeing Elina Svitolina and Carla Suarez Navarro set up impressive wins to head into the final tomorrow.  Suarez Navarro may be the underdog of the tournament but has not once appeared that way, with the unseeded Spaniard […]

2020 WTA Tour Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Confident wins heading into semi-finals

THE quarter finals produced some quality matches, with Elina Svitolina the frontrunner given her consistency and seeding, but with Carla Suarez Navarro, Kiki Bertens and Iga Swiatek still firing from all cylinders, there is no reason why Svitolina’s lower ranked opposition cannot take out victory.  Svitolina may have had a slow start against Czech Republic’s […]

2020 WTA Tour Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Kenin and Kvitova knocked from contention

THE second half of the Round of 32 draw at the 2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament saw some very interesting results, with a couple of seeds falling in shock exits. Of the three seeds to fall on day seven, the most shocking was 2020 Australian Open winner, Sofia Kenin. The American fourth seed […]

2020 WTA Tour Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Barty out in highly touted Round of 16

HEADING into the Roland Garros fantasy Round of 16 was always set to be a big day on the court, and with five seeds – all within the top 20 – falling, day eight certainly lived up to the expectation.  The likes of Carla Suarez Navarro, Iga Swiatek and Yulia Putinseva continued their top form, […]

2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Seeds dropping like flies ahead of Round of 16

THE second Round of 32 saw a couple of interesting results play out at the Roland Garros fantasy tournament, namely some big scalps with both third seed Simona Halep and seventh seed Serena Williams knocked out of contention. The pair were just two of the five seeds to fall on day six. Yulia Putintseva came […]

2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Strength in numbers as top seeds continue to flourish

THE second half of the Roland Garros fantasy Round of 64 saw plenty of interesting matchups, with five top ten players taking the court. But while majority of the competition’s seeds were too good this time around, a couple fell to unsuspecting foes. Ash Barty continued her strong run, defeating China’s Saisai Zheng in straight […]

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 […]

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