2020 US Open Men’s preview: Will Djoker take out his 18th Grand Slam?
IT has been a long eight month wait, but tennis fans finally have a Grand Slam to look forward to. The US Open begins on Monday and despite some notable absentees, it should be a fascinating two weeks of tennis. In our tournament preview, we look at who is playing, who the contenders are as […]
Is Jannik Sinner the next top 20 star?
HEADING into last year’s Next Gen ATP Finals, Jannik Sinner was ranked the lowest and considered the biggest underdog in a group that included Frances Tiafoe, Mikael Ymer and Ugo Humbert. Defeating the first two and narrowly losing to the third, Sinner progressed through to the semi-finals where he took down Miomir Kecmanovic before stunning […]
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 […]
The Rise and Fall of American men’s tennis: Where to from here?
FOR the first time since the 1970s when the Open era commenced, the United States have gone through a decade without a representative holding the number one ranked position. Long considered a tennis super power, the United States have had Jimmy Connors of the 70s, John McEnroe through the 80s, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras and […]
2020 WTA Nature Valley Open / ATP Stuttgart Open fantasy tennis: Cilic ousts Zverev as Garcia’s run to defend her title continues
FIVE seeds and last year’s reigning champion remain in the 2020 WTA Nature Valley Open fantasy tennis tournament, while over in Stuttgart, just two seeds are left standing following another day of upsets on grass. Turning the attention to Nottingham, seven of the eight seeds were on court after winning their first round matches, but […]
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 […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Jarry continues stunning run into Round of 16
CHILEAN qualifier Nicolas Jarry became the lone unseeded player through to the Round of 16 at the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament after half the draw was completed today. Jarry won through in a five set match against fellow unseeded player, American Sam Querrey, whilst the seven other winners on day seven were […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Bedene stuns Greek star to book third round spot
THE final 32 players in contention for the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis title have been decided with a massive upset occurring on day six of the competition. Sixth seed Greek up and comer, Stefanos Tsitsipas is out of contention after unseeded Slovenian clay courter Aljaz Bedene won in five thrilling sets. The match […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Qualifiers move through to second round with impressive wins
A RAFT of qualifiers defied their entry into the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis competition to post up impressive wins over higher ranked opponents and move through to the second round on day three of the competition. Among those qualifiers were Australian Bernard Tomic, Spaniard Carlos Taberner, Serbian Janko Tipsarevic and Bosnia and Herzegovian […]
