2020 ATP Marrakech Open fantasy tennis: Horrid day for French with quartet bowing out in first round
BENOIT Paire became the first seeded casualty of the Marrakech Open fantasy tennis tournament, with the three other seeds joining the four winners from yesterday in the second round. Paire went down to unseeded Argentinian, Federico Delbonis in the first round today, but not without a fight. The match lasted just over two hours before […]
2020 ATP Marrakech Open fantasy tennis: Kokkinakis gains confidence as seeds advance
IT was business as usual for the four seeds out on court in the ATP Tour’s Marrakech Open on day one with all the top ranked players making it through to the Round of 16. Only one of those seeds took three sets to get the win, and in fact it was the only match […]
2020 Davis Cup Qualifiers preview: Finals spots up for grabs in huge weekend of action
THE Davis Cup qualifiers take place over the weekend, with 12 matches across the globe. Each of the winning sides will book a place in November’s new format Davis Cup Finals, joining 2019 semi-finalists Canada, Great Britain, Russia and Spain, and the two wildcards in France and Serbia. [1] Croatia vs. India Croatia: Marin Cilic, […]
Rio Open: Brazilian topples fourth seed as Ruud bows out following maiden title
BRAZILIAN fans will have walked away from the Rio Open ecstatic about what their representatives had achieved on the second day of main draw action. While wildcard, Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves ultimately went down to number one seed and tournament favourite Dominic Thiem, the world number 168 pushed the top five player to three sets […]
Buenos Aires/New York wrap: Opelka out in New York as Schwartzman survives scare at home
A REIGNING champion is out of his title defence tournament, while another top seed only just survived an epic encounter as we recap the quarter finals from Buenos Aires and New York. ARGENTINA OPEN – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Number one seed and tournament favourite, Diego Schwartzman has kept his dream of winning his home town […]
Buenos Aires/New York wrap: South Americans advance in Argentina as Thompson stuns Isner in New York
A STRONG South American presence will feature in the Argentina Open quarter finals, while in New York, it was a mixed bag of upsets and seeded winners. ARGENTINA OPEN – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: All four winners of the Argentina Open were South American, as the top two seeds moved through to the quarter finals, joined […]
2020 Argentina Open preview: Withdrawals open door for for Schwartzman
FATIGUE and injury to the Argentina Open’s top two seeds, Dominic Thiem and Matteo Berrettini has opened the door for new number one seed, Diego Schwartzman to win on home soil. Joined by predominantly those who contested at Cordoba, Schwartzman becomes the benchmark after Thiem (fatigue) and Berrettini (injured) both withdrew over the past couple […]
2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament preview: Monfils eyes off back-to-back as young guns circle
THE first major ATP Tour event of the season post the Australian Open is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament which sees no less than 17 top 30 players, and six in the top 12. Gael Monfils returns after his title win here 12 months ago, but 2019 runner-up, Stan Wawrinka was a late withdrawal […]
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 […]
2020 Cordoba Open preview: Will Londero beat highly fancied compatriots for back-to-back titles?
THE first clay court event of the year kicks off in Cordoba, Argentina from February 3-9, with a 28-player field battling it out in the 250 event. It is only the second time the even has been played, with Juan Ignacio Londero winning in his home country over fellow Argentinian, Guido Pella in three sets. […]
