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2020 WTA Strasbourg and Rabat Open fantasy tennis: Americans dominate on day one

IT was a stellar start to the United States at both the Strasbourg Open and Rabat Open fantasy tournaments with nine of the eleven American competitors making it through to the second round amongst a plethora of talented players. Meanwhile, Australia struggled to produce a win across both tournaments and plenty of matches came down […]

2020 WTA Prague Open fantasy tennis: Seeds dominate on day one

THE opening round of the 2020 WTA Tour Prague Open fantasy tournament saw a smattering of results, as majority of results went the way of higher ranked players with a couple of interesting twists. Of the top seeds, just two missed out on heading through to the Round of 16, with both Karolina Muchova and Ekaterina Alexandrova […]

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 […]

2020 WTA Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis: Azarenka makes perfect return as Begu, Cocciaretto knock out seeds

GRAND Slam winner and former world number one, Victoria Azarenka made the perfect return from injury by winning her first round match at the 2020 WTA Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis tournament. The unseeded Belarusian – now ranked outside the top 50 – downed Australian, Astra Sharma in straight sets 7-5 6-3. Sharma reached the final […]

2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Stephens breaks through for important win

SLOANE Stephens won her first match against a top 400 opponent for the year, joining a number of Americans in the second round of the 2020 WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament. The out-of-form talent came from behind to defeat Japan’s Nao Hibino 6-7 7-5 6-3, joining four other United States representatives in the […]

2020 WTA Mexican Open fantasy preview: Chinese talents lead way for Mexican title

AS the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Draft Central is extending the fantasy tennis coverage throughout the ATP and WTA seasons to simulate tournaments and see just how they might have gone down. We will use ELO scores to determine each match result, and the top 300 players in particular will be in focus, with rankings changing […]

Australian Open: Women’s Day 1 review – Barty fights as others breeze through to next round

IT was a huge opening day of the Australian Open with some simply outstanding individual performances. Plenty of seeds moved through to Round 2, while some matches were delayed due to adverse weather conditions. We recap all the matches that went down on Monday. World number one, Ash Barty has advanced to the second round […]

Australian Open: Qualifying Rounds 2/3 – Former Wimbledon Junior runner-up and ATP Top 10 pick advance to main draw

THE first of the main draw qualifiers are through to the Australian Open starting Monday after a number of men’s and women’s finals were played yesterday. The remainder of the finals will be played today, with 32 qualifiers all-up – 16 men and 16 women – making it through to the final 128 players who […]

Australian Open: Qualifying Round 1/2 – Bogdan and Bouchard cruise through to final round

AFTER rain delays caused the majority of Day 2 matches to be suspended or cancelled, organisers rushed to fill the third day with extra games to catch up across the Australian Open Qualifying Round. In a massive day of action there was plenty to talk about as some epic encounters ensued. In one of the […]

ASB Classic: Day 2 wrap – Top 5 seeds show who’s boss

FOUR of eight Americans won through to the next round after a mammoth Day 2 of proceedings in the 2020 ASB Classic. The top five seeds in the tournament took the court on the day, with all five reigning supreme to head into the next round of the competition. Top and third seed Americans Serena […]

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