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2020 WTA Madrid Open fantasy tennis: Czech Republic continues to impress as seeds prevail

ALL bar two seeds continued through to the Round of 16 after a big day of competition at the Madrid Open fantasy, while just the five matches went to three sets in what was a mostly one sided day of tennis.  Three of the four Czech Republic competitors head through to the third round, with […]

2020 WTA Madrid Open fantasy tennis: Three more seeds out as young talent prevails

DAY two of the Madrid Open fantasy tournament saw two seeds eliminated from the competition while a couple of wildcard and qualifying entrants reigned supreme. Among the strongest winners of the day were Ash Barty, Caroline Garcia and Magda Linette, with all three players applying phenomenal pressure and speed to their matches for around 45-minute […]

2020 WTA Madrid Open fantasy tennis preview: Kvitova looks to win fourth Madrid 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. The next WTA tournament to be completed will be the Madrid Open, which was meant to be held in May, and with fantasy matches […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Barty and Kvitova to battle for Charleston title

THE WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy final will be between world number one Ash Barty and 13th seed Petra Kvitova after both collected shaky wins over their respective opposition. Kvitova was always in for a tough match against clay court star Kiki Bertens but pulled through for a straight sets victory despite being taken to two tie-breakers. Bertens put hard-hitting […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Experience proves necessary on day four

YULIA Putintseva is the only unseeded player through to the quarter finals in this half of the draw at Charleston, while all three other predicted leaders won their way through. Putintseva’s serve was crucial against tenth seed Belinda Bencic, with the 25-year-old Russian holding serve and keeping Bencic on the back foot throughout. But Bencic would […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Ash Barty wins clay title ahead of 2020 Roland Garros

ASH Barty has added another title to her collection with a stellar straight sets victory over Petra Kvitova in the WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy final. The Australian world number one had her eye in from the very beginning, forcing errors from the Czech star and using her strong serves to rack up aces on her […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Predictable day on court for seeds

A MASSIVE quarter final draw saw three of the four seeds head into the semi-finals, with just fourth seed Karolina Pliskova knocked out of WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy contention. Kiki Bertens was just too good against Pliskova, holding her ground and holding Pliskova to just the two sets without a tiebreaker. Sixth seed Bertens was […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Seeds drop as lower ranks turn the tables

IT took impressive performances across the board in the second half of the WTA Volvo Car Open draw to head into the quarter finals, with just the one predicted victory coming out of the day. World number one Ash Barty was the only seed to head through to the next round, and never once looked […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Reigning champ Madison Keys among seeds defeated in Round of 32

FOUR seeds were knocked out WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy contention in the second half of the Round of 32, with two top five seeds (and Grand Slam winners) in American Sofia Kenin and Naomi Osaka out of the race. The United States is now out of the running for a victory here with reigning […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Two big scalps in Round of 32

THE first half of the WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy Round of 32 results are in, with the biggest scalps ultimately being Yulia Putintseva‘s come-from-behind win against Serena Williams and wildcard pole, Iga Swiatek‘s straight sets victory over second seed Simona Halep. All other top seeds pulled through, with four coming in straight sets. Putintseva had a […]

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