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2020 WTA Stuttgart and Istanbul fantasy tennis: Seeds too good on day one

IT was a big first day of fantasy competition for both the Tennis Grand Prix and Istanbul Open, with both Round of 32 days hosting a wealth of talent and mostly predictable outcomes, with all seeded players across both competitions heading through to the second round. At Stuttgart, not one match went to three sets […]

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: Collins takes out Konta to reach third round

UNSEEDED American, Danielle Collins has knocked 13th seed Johanna Konta out of the Miami Open following a come-from-behind win. On a day dominated by the seeds, Collins was one of only three unseeded players to survive the Round of 64 in the fantasy tennis tournament, and book her place in the Round of 32. She […]

2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Young guns book spot in second round

THE first day of the 2020 WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament is done and dusted with the first half of the Round of 128 completed. It was an entertaining day of action with most of the higher ranked players going through, but still providing a number of upsets. Among those through to the […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Americans upset seeds in front of home fans

WITH six players from the United States taking the court at Indian Wells for the fourth day of action in our WTA Tour fantasy tennis tournament, it was bound to cause a few upsets. Four of the six Americans got through to the next round, of which three were unseeded – Venus Williams, Jessica Pegula […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Bouzkova stuns compatriot Kvitova in Round of 64

AFTER a successful first day of action at the WTA Tour’s Indian Wells fantasy tennis tournament for the Czech Republic representatives, it set up a number of all-Czech battles in the second round. While one went as planned with second seed, Karolina Pliskova moving through against Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-1, it was the other that […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Home court talents provide spectators with success

IT was a great day for United States fans at the 2020 Indian Wells WTA Tour’s fantasy tournament, with five of the seven representatives making it through to the Round of 64. Venus Williams, Bernada Pera, Jennifer Brady, Jessica Pegula and Lauren Davis all booted spots in the next round, with only Christina McHale and […]

Watson breaks four-year title drought after epic battle with Fernandez

HEATHER Watson has claimed her fourth career WTA Tour title in Acapulco after downing Canadian teenager, Leylah Fernandez in the Mexican Open final. With the top five seeds out in the first round, and Watson the sole surviving seed by the semis, the Brit showed her mettle to defeat a couple of in-form teenagers and […]

ATP/WTA Mexican Open: Nadal to face Fritz, as Watson and Fernandez prepare for WTA title

THE Mexican Open finals have been decided in Acapulco with a number one seed to face a rising American, while a Canadian teenager takes on an experienced Brit. In the men’s draw, number one seed and world number two, Rafael Nadal breezed through to the Mexican Open final with a 6-3 6-2 win over seventh […]

ATP/WTA Mexico Open: Dimitrov upsets Wawrinka as Xiu, Fernandez continue run

AN AMERICAN will play in the ATP Mexico Open Final following the quarter finals results, while in the WTA Tournament, a couple of teenage qualifiers continued their runs to move into the semi-finals. Seventh seed Bulgarian, Grigor Dimitrov took out third seed, Stan Wawrinka in straight sets to set up a semi-final clash with tournament […]

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