Fed Cup fantasy tennis: USA extend lead on Czech Republic with 19th title
THE United States of America (USA) have extended their dominance on the Fed Cup titles leaderboard with a 19th title in our simulated fantasy tennis competition. The top two sides over the years reached the final, with the USA winning 18 previous titles, and the Czech Republic second overall with 11. It has been a […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Reigning champs out as Aussies survive scare
IT was the most dramatic day of the Fed Cup fantasy tennis tournament so far with reigning champions, France out of the running after losing to an impressive Russian outfit on day five. Meanwhile in the second tie, it took all three matches to decide a winner with not much difference between the nations, but […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Spain and Germany tick off first challenges
SPAIN and Germany are through to what is now effectively quarter finals in the 2020 Draft Central Fed Cup Fantasy Tennis competition. The two nations overcame Slovakia and Switzerland to hand those opponents their second loss of the group stage and ensure they could not qualify for the semi-finals. With all eight sides to face […]
21st Century Talents: ATP Tour
WITH so much going on in the world and much focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, it is worth taking a step back and remembering that the future of international sport will return, and when it does, there will be plenty of talented youngsters ready to make their mark. On the ATP Tour there are two […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Russia and Belarus set up virtual elimination finals with top seeds
IN day three of our Fed Cup fantasy tennis simulation, Russia and Belarus have survived to knock out host nation Hungary, and the damaging Belgium from the Fed Cup title race. It also set up virtual elimination finals with last year’s finalists, France and Australia in the final group matches to be played on Friday. […]
2020 Indian Wells ATP Tour fantasy: Who will win it in 2020?
AFTER the success of the co-currently running Fed Cup Fantasy Tennis tournament, Draft Central has decided to test the waters with an individual tournament that was cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We start with the first ATP Tour that was cancelled in the Masters 1000 event, BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Czech Republic to face United States in final
THE two combatants for the 2020 Fed Cup Fantasy Tennis competition have been decided with Czech Republic and the United States winning through to the final. While both matches against their respective opponents in Russia and Australia were in sweeps, they had to fight hard for the most part in what was an entertaining semi-finals […]
Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Kenin saves match points to send US into semis
IN what was otherwise a relatively one-sided day, Sofia Kenin‘s comeback in a replay of the Australian Open final proved to be the highlight on day six of the Fed Cup fantasy tennis competition. United States advanced through to the semi-finals to take on Australia, while Czech Republic moved through to set up a date […]
21st Century talents: WTA Tour
WITH so much going on in the world and much focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, it is worth taking a step back and remembering that the future of international sport will return, and when it does, there will be plenty of talented youngsters ready to make their mark. On the WTA Tour alone there are […]
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 […]
