Norrie comes from behind to stun Schwarzman in “two dogs with no serves” match
UNSEEDED Brit, Cameron Norrie has stunned the US Open followers with a massive come-from-behind five-set win against Diego Schwartzman to book a spot in the second round. The 25-year-old world number 76 defied heavy odds to win just his second career match in five sets, and his fifth in 50 games coming from a set […]
Mertens flexes muscles as top seed Pliskova has shock exit
ELISE Mertens has had a stunning opening round win at the Western & Southern Open, while number one seed Karolina Pliskova had a shock round one exit and Ons Jabeur and Vera Zvonareva have defied terrible opening sets to advance through on day four of the WTA Tour competition. Meanwhile the ATP Tour tournament saw the first […]
Opinion: Is there a better way to run the Laver Cup?
MANY tennis fans love when the best of the best come together and face off in a huge week of action whether it be at Grand Slams or Davis Cups, or especially the ATP Finals series. One unique idea that began in 2017 was the Laver Cup, which pits the best ATP Tour players against […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Top seeds advance to semi-finals
WHILST the respective top seeds survived the quarter finals, there were still a number of upsets across both the men’s and women’s competitions at the 2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis tournaments. Top seed in the ATP Tour’s tournament Roger Federer got up with a straight sets win over eighth seed Brit Daniel Evans. The tournament […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Tsitsipas and Wawrinka fall at first hurdle
A COUPLE of huge upsets on day two of the Libema Open fantasy tennis tournament in both the men’s and women’s competitions have shaken up the draw going forward. Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is out of the Open after falling to Frenchman Benoit Paire in three sets, 7-5 3-6 6-3. Also joining him on […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Seeds mostly go to plan, with a couple of upsets on opening day
THERE were no major shocks in the ATP Libema Open, whilst six of the eight WTA seeds reached the second round in the WTA fantasy tennis tournament in s’Hertogenbosch. Of the day’s winners, the top three women dominated proceedings, whilst the highest seeded men largely had greater degree of difficulty to win. In the ATP […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Nadal eyes off 13th French Open crown
RAFAEL Nadal will aim for his 13th Roland Garros title tomorrow when he takes on seventh seed Alexander Zverev after both players won their respective semi-finals in the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament today. Nadal would have been expecting to face off against nemesis Dominic Thiem for the third consecutive year, but Zverev […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Zverev stuns Djokovic to move into semis
ALEXANDER Zverev had claimed a massive scalp in the match of Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament so far, defeating world number two and second tournament favourite, Novak Djokovic in five sets. The German up and comer had to come from two sets to one down against the Serbian to win 4-6 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-1 […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Five of top eight make quarters
DESPITE being at the pointy end of the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament, the upsets continue to deliver with the two remaining unseeded players through to the quarter finals. Both Slovenian Aljaz Bedene and Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry made their way into the last eight with five seed wins over top 25 opponents. […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Bedene and Jarry head through to final 16
ALJAZ Bedene joins Nicolas Jarry as the only two unseeded players in the fourth round of the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament, having defeated Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets. The Slovenian took more than three and a half hours to finally put Tsonga away on his opponents’ home court, but saluted with […]
