Palermo qualifiers advance thanks to extra matchplay
IT might not be an exact fact, but no doubt after months off from competitive tennis, qualifiers have the best chance of causing an upset in Palermo. They had to fight through three qualification matches to make their way into the main draw, with a lot of their opponents coming off exhibition matches and training […]
Trevisan destroys top seed in qualifying, becomes fifth Italian in Palermo
IT was an unsurprisingly bumpy start to the return of the WTA Tour at Palermo Ladies Open, but qualifying is now completed with the final 32 players determined ahead of main draw matches in just under 12 hours. Following the withdrawal of the top two ranked players – Simona Halep and Johanna Konta – as […]
2020 Palermo Ladies Open preview: WTA Tour returns in Italy
FOLLOWING the withdrawal of world number two Simona Halep and would-be second seed Johanna Konta, the 2020 Palermo Ladies Open field, which kicks off the recommencement of the WTA Tour on Monday, is wide open. As it stands, Petra Martic is the highest ranked player confirmed to play at the event, and given her recent […]
2020 WTA Tour Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Barty out in highly touted Round of 16
HEADING into the Roland Garros fantasy Round of 16 was always set to be a big day on the court, and with five seeds – all within the top 20 – falling, day eight certainly lived up to the expectation. The likes of Carla Suarez Navarro, Iga Swiatek and Yulia Putinseva continued their top form, […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Seeds dropping like flies ahead of Round of 16
THE second Round of 32 saw a couple of interesting results play out at the Roland Garros fantasy tournament, namely some big scalps with both third seed Simona Halep and seventh seed Serena Williams knocked out of contention. The pair were just two of the five seeds to fall on day six. Yulia Putintseva came […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Unexpected exits in first half of Round of 64
OF the 14 seeds taking the court on day five of the Roland Garros fantasy tournament, just three missed out on a spot in the Round of 32. It was a far closer half of the draw than any of the Round of 128 quarters, with just a few matches won and done easily. Of […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Day 2 proves interesting with quality matchups
DAY 2 of the Roland Garros fantasy saw a couple of interesting matchups, with a few seeds falling to lower ranked opposition and some quality talent unlucky to fall given their solid form on the clay coming into the tournament. With seven competitors from the United States taking the court on day two, the wins […]
2020 WTA Strasbourg and Rabat Open fantasy tennis: Second seeds struggle on Day 2
IT was another fairly predictable day at both the Strasbourg and Rabat Open fantasy tournaments, with a couple of outlying matches throwing the competition for a loop. The biggest win of the day was at Strasbourg with Iga Swiatek impressing in a straight sets win over Serena Williams – a player 20 years her senior. […]
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 Italian Open fantasy tennis: Andreescu first seed out as Slovenians take control
THE second half of the Italian Open fantasy draw saw day two go much the same as the first, as all bar one seed head through to the Round of 32. Thirteenth seed Bianca Andreescu was the first seed to fall across the tournament, going down to Swiss qualifier Jil Teichmann. Andreescu managed to pull […]
