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2020 WTA Prague Open fantasy tennis: Top seeds continue to dominate

THE Round of 16 of the WTA Tour Prague Open fantasy tournament saw some interesting matches, but much like the Round of 32, it was fairly predictable when it came to seeded competitors. Karolina Pliskova continued her recent form with a stellar win over Russian Veronika Kudermetova, downing her 6-2 6-2. Pliskova was clinical from the get-go, […]

2020 WTA Prague Open fantasy tennis: Seeds dominate on day one

THE opening round of the 2020 WTA Tour Prague Open fantasy tournament saw a smattering of results, as majority of results went the way of higher ranked players with a couple of interesting twists. Of the top seeds, just two missed out on heading through to the Round of 16, with both Karolina Muchova and Ekaterina Alexandrova […]

2020 WTA Stuttgart fantasy tennis: Muguruza wins eighth title

THE 2020 Stuttgart fantasy tournament finished with a bang, with sixth seed Spaniard Garbine Muguruza winning the tournament with a three-set victory over Elina Svitolina in the final. It was a strong start from the Ukrainian fourth seed, pulling out all the stops early to put herself in a solid position coming into the second […]

2020 WTA Prague Open tennis preview: Muguruza and Svitolina join top Czechs in Prague

SOME of the WTA Tour’s top players descend on Prague for the 2020 Prague Open fantasy tennis tournament which kicks off next week. The Czech Republic is the strongest female nation and all their top players are returning home to take to the courts, along with a number of genuine title contenders on the clay. […]

2020 WTA Stuttgart and Istanbul fantasy tennis: Seeds look to add another title to their bows

THE semi-finals of both the Stuttgart and Istanbul fantasy tennis tournaments saw some massive results and not altogether predictable ones at that. It’s an all-seed final at both competitions, with an even share of nations competing for the respective titles. Heading into the Stuttgart finals are Garbine Muguruza and Elina Svitolina, after the duo downed […]

2020 WTA Stuttgart and Istanbul fantasy tennis: Quarter finals see plenty of tough matches

THE quarter finals began with a bang, with a couple of big names dropping like flies across both the Stuttgart and Istanbul fantasy tennis tournaments. There are no unseeded competitors left at the Stuttgart Open heading into the semi-finals, while two unseeded talents will head into the semis from Istanbul. Naomi Osaka continued her strong […]

2020 WTA Stuttgart and Istanbul fantasy tennis: First seeds drop as matches get tighter

THERE were two huge scalps on day four of the Stuttgart and Istanbul fantasy tournaments, with the respective first seeds both going down in straight sets to the dismay of fans.  Yulia Putintseva put on an impressive show at Stuttgart, downing first seed Czech Karolina Pliskova in a stellar 7-5 6-3 outing. Putintseva had a […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Seeds drop as lower ranks turn the tables

IT took impressive performances across the board in the second half of the WTA Volvo Car Open draw to head into the quarter finals, with just the one predicted victory coming out of the day. World number one Ash Barty was the only seed to head through to the next round, and never once looked […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Reigning champ Madison Keys among seeds defeated in Round of 32

FOUR seeds were knocked out WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy contention in the second half of the Round of 32, with two top five seeds (and Grand Slam winners) in American Sofia Kenin and Naomi Osaka out of the race. The United States is now out of the running for a victory here with reigning […]

2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Pliskova and Osaka survive shock deficits

TWO title contenders at the 2020 WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament survived first set deficits to come back and win in three sets. Second seed Karolina Pliskova was stunned by unseeded German Julia Goerges, dropping the first set to love before winning 12 of the last 15 games to run away with a […]

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