Giorgi fights back to win as top four seeds advance
CAMILA Giorgi is the sole remaining home nation hope in the semi-finals of the 31st Palermo Ladies Open after a come-from-behind win against seventh seed Dayana Yastremska. Giorgi won through in a two-hour and 52-minute struggle with Yastremska serving for the match in the second set, and being 3-1 up in the third, only for […]
Order restored as top four seeds advance after early slip-ups
TOP four seeds, Petra Martic and Anett Kontaveit are through to the final eight of the 2020 Palermo Ladies Open after come-from-behind wins against their respective opponents. While seventh seed Dayana Yastremska‘s Round of 16 clash with Oceane Dodin was still in progress at the time of publishing, Martic got up over Liudmila Samsonova, while […]
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 […]
Tournament rewind: 2019 Palermo Ladies Open
TALENTED up and comer, Jil Teichmann surprised all when she took out the 30th Palermo Ladies Open last year, coming through victorious in the final against raging favourite and top seed, Kiki Bertens. In that match, Teichmann won 7-6 6-2 in an hour and 52 minutes on the Italian clay. She played a consistent game, […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Straight sets victories dominate day one results
DAY one of the 2020 Roland Garros fantasy tournament saw plenty of strong results in the first quarter of the Round of 128, with all of the day’s seeds dominating in their matches. The top seeds of this quarter dominated, all completing their matches within or around the one hour mark. Fifth seed Garbine Muguruza […]
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 Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis: Seeds skittled in top half of draw
AT least one unseeded player will reach the Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis tournament final after the remaining two seeds in the top half of the draw were knocked out in a day of thrilling results. Third seed, Alison Van Uytvanck and seventh seed, Fiona Ferro were both dismissed from the Bogota tournament after winning their […]
2020 WTA Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis: Cocciaretto continues run into quarter finals
ITALIAN qualifier, Elisabetta Cocciaretto has continued her dream run at the Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis tournament by moving into the last eight of the event. Ranked 158th in the world, Cocciaretto was the lowest ranked player to make it through to the second round, and is well and truly the underdog for the title by […]
2020 WTA Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis: Potapova stuns top seed in massive first round upset
ANASTASIA Potapova has caused the major upset of the first round at the 2020 Copa Colsanitas fantasy tennis tournament in Bogota. The Russian talent took it up to the first seed more than many might have expected, and ended up smashing the top 50 Czech, Marie Bouzkova 6-2 6-3. It was one of two seeded […]
2020 WTA Bogota Open preview: Even draw in Colombia for Bogota
AS the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Draft Central is extending the fantasy tennis coverage throughout the ATP and WTA seasons to simulate tournaments and see just how they might have gone down. The next WTA tournament to be completed will be the Bogota Open, which was meant to be held in April. FAVOURITE Marie Bouzkova (CZECH […]
