
Kukushkin ousts Garin in five, sets up third round clash with Thompson
MIKHAIL Kukushkin has outlasted Chilean 13th seed Cristian Garin to win in five sets today, setting up a third round encounter at the US Open with Australian Jordan Thompson. The 32-year-old Kazakhstan player won the first two sets with ease, before Garin hit back in the next two to level the match at two sets […]

Norrie comes from behind to stun Schwarzman in “two dogs with no serves” match
UNSEEDED Brit, Cameron Norrie has stunned the US Open followers with a massive come-from-behind five-set win against Diego Schwartzman to book a spot in the second round. The 25-year-old world number 76 defied heavy odds to win just his second career match in five sets, and his fifth in 50 games coming from a set […]

Opinion: The US Open draw and who has the toughest run
AFTER publishing our 2020 US Open men’s preview yesterday, we go more in depth to take a look at the draw and what might eventuate at Flushing Meadows over the next two weeks, as we analyse who has the easier draws and who has the tougher encounters. World number one Novak Djokovic is the raging […]

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 ATP Libema Open fantasy tennis preview: Swiss Master leads way on grass
THE first fantasy grass tournament of the season is upon us, with the 2020 ATP Libema Open fantasy tennis tournament underway which saw players raring to go following a long clay season. FAVOURITE Roger Federer (SUI) The Swiss Master may be a veteran of the game but he brings it every single time, not less […]

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 ATP Rome Masters fantasy tennis: Monfils, RBA out in upsets as Basilashvili survives scare
A COUPLE of out-of-form top 10 players were among the first round casualties on day one of the 2020 ATP Rome Masters fantasy tennis tournament. Both world number nine, Gael Monfils and world number 10, Roberto Bautista-Agut suffered losses on the opening day, whilst the other results went to plan for the favourites. Since reaching […]

2020 ATP Madrid Masters fantasy tennis: Paire upsets Munich finalist
BENOIT Paire has provided the biggest upset of the day at the 2020 ATP Madrid Open fantasy tennis tournament with a come-from-behind victory over 10th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. The unseeded Frenchman won 4-6 6-3 6-3 against the BMW Open finalists to be the only unseeded player to win through against a seeded one on […]

2020 ATP Barcelona Open fantasy tennis: Comeback kings and clay court stars win on day one
IN a massive first day of action at Barcelona, the Round of 32 was confirmed following 16 matches in the opening round played across the clay. Among the winners in the Barcelona Open fantasy tennis tournament were three qualifiers and three wildcards, as well as former top 10 players, Kei Nishikori, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Fabio […]

2020 ATP Monte Carlo Masters fantasy tennis: Seeds win through tough first round encounters
DRAWN with first round encounters, all four seeds survived day two of the 2020 ATP Monte Carlo Masters fantasy tennis tournament. Those moving through to the Round of 32 were ninth seed Matteo Berrettini, 11th seed David Goffin, 14th seed Karen Khachanov and 16th seed Stan Wawrinka. All four knew that they had tough encounters […]