Ash Barty withdraws from US Open
WORLD number one Ash Barty has confirmed she will not compete at the 2020 US Open today, with the Grand Slam set to go ahead from August 31 to the dismay of many during the COVID-19 health crisis. A huge decision, Barty’s withdrawal sees the Australian fan favourite the most significant name to be removed […]
Opinion: Is there a better way to run the Laver Cup?
MANY tennis fans love when the best of the best come together and face off in a huge week of action whether it be at Grand Slams or Davis Cups, or especially the ATP Finals series. One unique idea that began in 2017 was the Laver Cup, which pits the best ATP Tour players against […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Top seeds advance to semi-finals
WHILST the respective top seeds survived the quarter finals, there were still a number of upsets across both the men’s and women’s competitions at the 2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis tournaments. Top seed in the ATP Tour’s tournament Roger Federer got up with a straight sets win over eighth seed Brit Daniel Evans. The tournament […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Tsitsipas and Wawrinka fall at first hurdle
A COUPLE of huge upsets on day two of the Libema Open fantasy tennis tournament in both the men’s and women’s competitions have shaken up the draw going forward. Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is out of the Open after falling to Frenchman Benoit Paire in three sets, 7-5 3-6 6-3. Also joining him on […]
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 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 Geneva and Lyon Opens fantasy tennis: Predictable day of results with a few unseeded upsets
THE final ATP Tour fantasy tennis tournaments prior to Roland Garros began this week with the Geneva Open and Lyon Open both yielding fairly predictable results. All four seeds of the 24 players on court won through to the second round, whilst a few qualifier and a wildcard also earned their place in the Round […]
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 Estoril Open fantasy tennis: Basilashvili continues hot form to down Budapest winner, Anderson
NIKOLOZ Basilashvili has shown that he has the potential to go all the way in the 2020 ATP Estoril Open fantasy tennis tournament after the unseeded Georgian took down the red-hot Kevin Anderson in the opening round. Basilashvili won in a come-from-behind performance, 4-6 6-2 6-1 against the 106th ranked South African, fresh off a […]
