2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Experience proves necessary on day four
YULIA Putintseva is the only unseeded player through to the quarter finals in this half of the draw at Charleston, while all three other predicted leaders won their way through. Putintseva’s serve was crucial against tenth seed Belinda Bencic, with the 25-year-old Russian holding serve and keeping Bencic on the back foot throughout. But Bencic would […]
2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Two big scalps in Round of 32
THE first half of the WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy Round of 32 results are in, with the biggest scalps ultimately being Yulia Putintseva‘s come-from-behind win against Serena Williams and wildcard pole, Iga Swiatek‘s straight sets victory over second seed Simona Halep. All other top seeds pulled through, with four coming in straight sets. Putintseva had a […]
2020 WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy tennis: Mertens the main culprit on day two
DAY 2 of the 2020 Volvo Car Open fantasy tournament started with a bang, seeing three American competitors and two Czech talents knocked out of contention. With seven of the 12 matches going to three sets, it was a tough day of competition with little easy wins. The biggest win of the day saw Elise […]
2020 WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy tennis: Bencic fights off Anisimova as Swiatek takes down Stephens
WHILE ultimately the four seeded players made their way through to the second round of the 2020 WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy tennis tournament in Charleston, there were a mixture of expected and surprise results from day one of the tournament. For starters, the match between 10th seed Swiss talent, Belinda Bencic and fellow up […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Muchova stuns Serena as Linette’s run continues
KEEPING it fresh, a couple of results mixed up what could have been a predictable couple of upcoming quarter finals. In the Round of 16 at the WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament, both 23rd seed Karolina Muchova and the unseeded Magda Linette advance through to the last eight following upsets. Muchova’s big win […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Qiang Wang wins in three as other top 10 seeds advance to quarters
QIANG Wang remains the underdog in the bottom half of the 2020 WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament. The 26th seed remains China’s last hope in the title race, and set up a huge quarter final clash with Karolina Pliskova. Qiang faced off against one of 2020’s most impressive risers in Russian 24th seed, […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Linette sole unseeded standing in Round of 16
UNSEEDED Pole, Magda Linette is the last player outside the top 30 standing after the Round of 32 was completed today. Linette was the sole unseeded player to advance through to the next round following an upset win over Belinda Bencic, 6-2 6-3. The big win was a huge one for her career, and she […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Mladenovic takes Riskes in second round win
KRISTINA Mladenovic bucked the trend on day four of the WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament. The Frenchwoman won in three tough sets over 16th seed Alison Riske to advance through to the Round of 32. Mladenovic dropped the second set in the match, but recovered with a timely break in the deciding set […]
2020 WTA Tour Miami Open fantasy tennis preview: Barty looks to bounce back in Miami
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 Miami Open, which was meant to be held in March. Still down and out […]
2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Muguruza claims eighth WTA Tour title
GARBINE Muguruza has won her eighth WTA Tour title by taking out the 2020 Indian Wells final against ninth seed, Aryna Sabalenka. The Spaniard had a huge fight on her hands as the two best players from the tournament clashed in a two-hour and 46-minute final worthy of the decider. The title handed Muguruza her […]