2020 ATP Miami Open fantasy tennis: Top Aussie out, but other trio advance
NICK Kyrgios was one of the biggest shock losses in the first round of the Miami Open ATP Tour’s fantasy tennis tournament. The top 50 ranked Australian bowed out to an American wildcard teenager in Brandon Nakashima. While Kyrgios departed earlier than expected, compatriots John Millman, James Duckworth and Thanasi Kokkinakis all advanced through to […]
2020 ATP Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Trio survive early deficits
THREE terrific come-from-behind wins on the opening day of Draft Central’s Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000 tournament marked a big day of action. Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Sweden’s Mikael Ymer and Italy’s Andreas Seppi all came from a set down to post wins over their respective opponents and move through to the second round of […]
Delray Beach/Marseille wrap: Young guns topple experienced Frenchmen
A COUPLE of ATP Tour up-and-comers have toppled French veterans across both the Delray Beach Open and Open 13 Provence, as we recap what has happened in the first Round of 32 matches at the respective tournaments. DELRAY BEACH OPEN – DELRAY BEACH, UNITED STATES: South Korean Soonwoo Kwon turned around a disappointing first set […]
World Tennis Tournament: Tsitsipas survives opening round scare
SECOND seed and top 10 player, Stefanos Tsitsipas has survived an early scare to post a three-set win over Poland youngster, Hubert Hurkacz in the first round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. Tsitsipas won last year’s ATP Finals series and is tipped to head into the top five sooner rather than later, but […]
World Tennis Tournament: Shapovalov’s dismal start continues as Dimitrov bounces back
GRIGOR Dimitrov has bounced back from a shock loss to world number 91, Gregoire Barrere in Montpellier to send Canadian up-and-comer Denis Shapovalov packing in the first round. The former top three player outclassed the 20-year-old eighth seed 6-4 7-6, making it four consecutive losses for the world number 16. Shapovalov bowed out in the […]
Cordoba/Montpellier/Pune wrap: Monfils survives as French drop out in disappointing day for home nation
SEEDS moved through across the three ATP Tour events on quarter finals day as the final fours in each tournament at Montpellier, Pune and Cordoba were decided. OPEN SUD DE FRANCE – MONTPELLIER, FRANCE: Number one seed and top 10 player, Gael Monfils has survived an awful day for the home nation, with the Frenchman […]
Cordoba/Montpellier/Pune wrap: Barrere and Pospisil upset Dimitrov and Shapovalov in Montpellier
IT was another day of action packed matches with quarter finalists decided in the Tata Open and a couple of Frenchmen progressing through to the next stage of the Open Sud De France. TATA OPEN – PUNE, INDIA: Four players are through to the quarter finals after three impressive wins on Day 5 of the […]
ATP Tour daily wrap: Cordoba/Montpellier/Pune – Carreno Busta, Karlovic and Verdasco out in respective opening rounds
WITH the Australian Open now in the rear view mirror, the ATP Tour split across three continents, with tournaments in Argentina, France and India. We recap how the first matches from the respective Round of 32s went down. TATA OPEN, PUNE – INDIA: Both home nation representatives have fallen, while last year’s runner-up also went […]
Australian Open: Men’s Day 3 review – Sandgren and Paul lead American charge
TENNYS Sandgren and Tommy Paul are leading the American charge after downing top 20 players in Round 2 of the Australian Open yesterday. They were the major upsets on a day where there was plenty of action, with Australian John Millman, and Croatian Maric Cilic also booking a spot in the Round of 32 after […]
Australian Open: Men’s Day 1 review – Top seeds breeze through as Shapovalov dumped, Fognini in trouble
IT was a huge Day 1 of the Australian Open with most matches played until the rain hit which suspended six and forced 11 to be moved to today before starting. In the results that did occur, most of the favourites advanced with just two seeds dropping out on the men’s side as 13th seed […]
