Seeds skittled in New York as W&S Open main draws decided
JUST six of a possible 24 qualifying seeds are through to the main draw of the Western & Southern Open’s WTA Tour main draw, while the ATP event had a remarkable four make it through qualifying. Looking at the WTA Tour side of things, the youth of the Tour continued to impress today with some […]
Rain delays sees Prague seeds drop in opening round
AN interesting start to the 2020 Prague Open was had yesterday, with the first day of proceedings – and last of qualifiers – delayed by rain and forcing a massive day on what was what meant to be the second day of action. Among the winning seeds of the day were first, second and third […]
Halep leads Prague draw as seeds drop like flies
THE 2020 Prague Open is set to commence this week, with a couple of huge names headlining the competition. The second tournament on the return of the WTA Tour from COVID-19 related closure, Prague will see some huge names enter the fray and with just as much on the line despite being held over three […]
Cocciaretto continues remarkable run as seeds fall in Palermo
ITALIAN teenager Elisabetta Cocciaretto has continued her remarkable run, with a stunning victory over top 30 player, Donna Vekic at the Palermo Ladies Open. Spurred on by a home crowd advantage, Cocciaretto backed up her first ever top 100 victory – over Polona Hercog – in the first round with an even better win over […]
Cocciaretto upsets Hercog in Palermo, claims first top 100 scalp
ELISABETTA Cocciaretto led the Italian charge on day one of the Palermo Ladies Open with a strong upset of Polona Hercog of Slovenia. The 45th ranked Slovenian is a decade older than the teenager, and had easily accounted for her three years ago with a 6-2 6-0 thrashing when Cocciaretto was just 16-years-old. A lot […]
WTA Tour returns: Who, where and when?
WHILE the world still battles the 2020 global pandemic that is COVID-19, it might be difficult to imagine an international sport that stretches every continent going ahead. But that is exactly the case for the WTA and ATP Tours that start in the next month. While the ATP Tour kicks off later in August, the […]
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 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Ash Barty joins the fray
THE final day of Round of 128 saw reigning titleholder and world number one Ash Barty hit the court for the first time, and doing it in style with a threatening straight sets defeat of young talent Coco Gauff who is capable of defeating anyone on her day. The 6-2 6-2 victory started a slew […]
2020 WTA Italian Open fantasy tennis: Americans dominate on day one
DAY one of the Italian Open fantasy tournament saw plenty of big matches, though little surprising outcomes given the amount of consistent talent on show. All four seeds in this half of the draw – bar the two who got free passes through the first round in Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova – were successful […]
