Showing posts for: Elina Svitolina
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Svitolina takes out maiden Grand Slam title

A STELLAR run from unseeded Carla Suarez Navarro was brought to a deafening halt in the 2020 Roland Garros fantasy tournament final, with Elina Svitolina stopping the Spaniard in her tracks to win her maiden Grand Slam title.  Svitolina impressed from beginning to end at the French Open, outlasting in three sets more often than […]

2020 WTA Tour Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Confident wins heading into semi-finals

THE quarter finals produced some quality matches, with Elina Svitolina the frontrunner given her consistency and seeding, but with Carla Suarez Navarro, Kiki Bertens and Iga Swiatek still firing from all cylinders, there is no reason why Svitolina’s lower ranked opposition cannot take out victory.  Svitolina may have had a slow start against Czech Republic’s […]

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 Italian Open fantasy tennis: Halep and Stephens dominate quarter finals

THREE seeds miss out on the Italian Open fantasy semi-finals after falling short at the quarter finals, with all four victors managing straight sets wins. Just one match was close, while two were complete in under an hour, such was their victors’ dominance. Third seed Simona Halep and qualifier Sloane Stephens continued their strong form, […]

2020 WTA Italian Open fantasy tennis: Consistent Kvitova out of the competition

IT was a tough day at the office for many at the Italian Open fantasy tournament, with all bar three matches going to three sets. Five top seeds are still sitting pretty following the conclusion of the Round of 16, while four quality competitors were bundled out. Second and third seeds Elina Svitolina and Simona […]

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 […]

2020 WTA Italian Open fantasy tennis preview: Kvitova and Svitolina look to continue hot form in Rome

THE WTA Tour’s Italian Open – also known as the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – is set to be an interesting one, with plenty of fantastic matchups set to come. With a flurry of recent victors in quality form at the moment, just about any of the following players could make their mark on the tournament […]

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