WTA Tour wrap: Mertens fights tough as six of seven seeds advance to Dubai second round
SIX of the seven seeds advanced at Dubai in what was largely a predictable day, but a couple of past Top 30 players were knocked out early on. With the top eight seeds having a bye from the first round, seven of the other seeds took to the court on day two of the main […]
Australian Open Women’s Round of 32 wrap: Top ranked players all advance to fourth round
JUST one unseeded player remains in the bottom half of the Australian Open Women’s draw after all of the highest ranked players won through on day five of the Grand Slam event. The final unseeded player remaining is Chinese Taipei’s Su-Wei Hsieh, who took out Italian qualifier and former Top 5 player Sara Errani in […]
Australian Open Women’s Round of 64 wrap: Cirstea stuns Kvitova as Halep holds on
A COUPLE of massive upsets and an almost even bigger upset were the talking points on day three of the Australian Open women’s competition. Eighth seed Bianca Andreescu‘s second match back from injury did not go to plan, losing in straight sets to Chinese Taipei’s Su-Wei Hsieh, while ninth seed Petra Kvitova‘s lacklustre form of […]
Australian Open Women’s Round of 128 wrap: Top seeds skate through to second round as former Australian Open champion Kerber falls
THE Australian Open started with a bang on Monday, with the Grand Slam women’s circuit showcasing a heap of intriguing results in the Round of 128. A number of the obvious candidates head through to the second round after excellent day one efforts, with top three seeds Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka skating through completely unscathed. While the […]
WTA Abu Dhabi Round of 64 wrap: Top six through without a hitch, young guns also advance
OF the 16 seeds on show in the brand new WTA Abu Dhabi 500 event, 12 reached the second round. Kicking off 2021 in style, the top six seeds advanced without dropping a set, whilst 2020 in-form players, Anett Kontaveit and Jennifer Brady were amongst the seeds to fall in the opening round of play. […]
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 Roland Garros fantasy: Young seeds prove strong on day three
ANOTHER big day at the Roland Garros fantasy tournament saw some big names grace the court, with four of this quarter’s top five seeds reigning supreme to head to the Round of 64. Americans once again came out on top for the most part, while a couple of grand slam champions rose to the occasion. […]
2020 WTA Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis: Siniakova the last seed standing
THE final four of the Copa Colsanitas have been decided after the quarter finals provided a mixed bag of results. Second seed Czech, Katerina Siniakova moved through to the semis with a straight sets win over eighth seed Russian, Anna Blinkova, 6-3 6-4. She was joined the final four by fellow Europeans, Anna Potapova, Viktoria […]
2020 WTA Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis: Seeds skittled in top half of draw
AT least one unseeded player will reach the Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis tournament final after the remaining two seeds in the top half of the draw were knocked out in a day of thrilling results. Third seed, Alison Van Uytvanck and seventh seed, Fiona Ferro were both dismissed from the Bogota tournament after winning their […]
2020 WTA Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis: Cocciaretto continues run into quarter finals
ITALIAN qualifier, Elisabetta Cocciaretto has continued her dream run at the Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis tournament by moving into the last eight of the event. Ranked 158th in the world, Cocciaretto was the lowest ranked player to make it through to the second round, and is well and truly the underdog for the title by […]
