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The Rise and Fall of American men’s tennis: Where to from here?

FOR the first time since the 1970s when the Open era commenced, the United States have gone through a decade without a representative holding the number one ranked position. Long considered a tennis super power, the United States have had Jimmy Connors of the 70s, John McEnroe through the 80s, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras and […]

2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: RBA salutes as Edmund topples compatriot

ROBERTO Bautista Agut survived a thriller against Italian Andreas Seppi, and Kyle Edmund won the Battle of Britain to move through to the second round of Roland Garros in the 2020 ATP fantasy tennis tournament. The 12th seed Spaniard was able to overcome Seppi in a topsy-turvy contest, eventually winning 6-1 4-6 6-0 2-6 6-2 […]

2020 ATP BMW Open fantasy tennis: Pella stuns Khachanov in 48-minute demolition job

A 48-minute blitz of a seed was the most-watched result of the day at the 2020 ATP BMW Open fantasy tennis tournament, with Argentinian Guido Pella completely dismantling the usually solid Karen Khachanov. The unseeded Pella showed no mercy as he moved through to the second round with a 6-1 6-0 win over the top […]

2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis: Millman holds off Gulbis to reach Budapest semis

FOUR players from four different continents will contest the Hungarian Open semi-finals in what has been an entertaining tournament thus far. The fantasy tennis quarter finals resulted in all four matches being straight sets, with second seed Filip Krajinovic and sixth seed John Millman joining a couple of unseeded, but talented players returning on tour […]

2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis: Former top 10s reach last eight

A COUPLE of former top 10 players took down the reigning champion and an in-form player after a huge day of action in the 2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis tournament. South African wildcard Kevin Anderson and Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro joined fifth seed Croatian Borna Coric and Serbian qualifier Viktor Troicki in the […]

2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis: Gulbis upsets Cilic as Krajinovic advances

A MIXED bag of results occurred on day three of the ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis tournament with two of the four seeds making it through to the quarter finals, while the other two fell. One of the tournament favourites in second seed, Filip Krajinovic made his way through to the last eight with a […]

2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis tournament: Young guns and veterans share spoils on opening day

A MIX of youth and experience booked places in the second round of the 2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis competition after impressive wins on day one in Budapest. Six matches were completed with the two seeds on court – Australia’s John Millman and France’s Richard Gasquet – both winning their respective matches. Millman had […]

ATP Fantasy Tennis Rankings post Miami Open: Pospisil bolts into top 50

IN an update to our fantasy tennis competition, we have adjusted the ATP Tour rankings accordingly following the conclusion of Miami Open. We will update both the ATP and WTA Tours once major tournaments are completed and name the key bolters and sliders since the last update. BOLTERS: Vasek Pospisil +44 (#93 to #49) A […]

2020 ATP Miami Open: Murray takes out Medvedev as Goffin ends Nakashima’s run

IT was a blockbuster day eight of the 2020 ATP Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament with the remaining two quarter finals decided. The biggest upset of the day was Great Britain’s Andy Murray continuing his terrific return to the circuit with a big come-from-behind win over fourth seed, Daniil Medvedev. Murray joined top 10 […]

2020 ATP Miami Open fantasy tennis: Pospisil, de Minaur and Edmund upset top 15 seeds

THE first of the ATP Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament quarter finals have been decided with four players through to the last eight. Much like most of the results in the bottom half of the draw, there were three upsets from the four games with just one player ranked inside the top 25 remaining – […]

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