Three top 12 seeds out, but Italy International still stacked with talent
THE Internazionali D’Italia or Italy International might not feature world number one, Ash Barty or top 12 players Bianca Andreescu and Aryna Sabalenka, but there are still plenty of top 10 talents running around on the Rome clay courts. The lead-up event to Roland Garros, players such as Serena Williams and Simona Halep will be […]
Trevisan destroys top seed in qualifying, becomes fifth Italian in Palermo
IT was an unsurprisingly bumpy start to the return of the WTA Tour at Palermo Ladies Open, but qualifying is now completed with the final 32 players determined ahead of main draw matches in just under 12 hours. Following the withdrawal of the top two ranked players – Simona Halep and Johanna Konta – as […]
2020 Palermo Ladies Open preview: WTA Tour returns in Italy
FOLLOWING the withdrawal of world number two Simona Halep and would-be second seed Johanna Konta, the 2020 Palermo Ladies Open field, which kicks off the recommencement of the WTA Tour on Monday, is wide open. As it stands, Petra Martic is the highest ranked player confirmed to play at the event, and given her recent […]
2020 Roland Garros fantasy: Young seeds prove strong on day three
ANOTHER big day at the Roland Garros fantasy tournament saw some big names grace the court, with four of this quarter’s top five seeds reigning supreme to head to the Round of 64. Americans once again came out on top for the most part, while a couple of grand slam champions rose to the occasion. […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis preview: Barty Party hoping for encore
WORLD number one Ash Barty returns to Paris to try and defend her maiden Grand Slam title, and with a number of other in-form clay courters joining her in France, expect the 2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament to be a massive one. FAVOURITE: Ash Barty (Australia) Last year’s Roland Garros winner and world […]
2020 WTA Strasbourg and Rabat Open fantasy tennis: Americans dominate on day one
IT was a stellar start to the United States at both the Strasbourg Open and Rabat Open fantasy tournaments with nine of the eleven American competitors making it through to the second round amongst a plethora of talented players. Meanwhile, Australia struggled to produce a win across both tournaments and plenty of matches came down […]
2020 WTA Italian Open fantasy tennis: Andreescu first seed out as Slovenians take control
THE second half of the Italian Open fantasy draw saw day two go much the same as the first, as all bar one seed head through to the Round of 32. Thirteenth seed Bianca Andreescu was the first seed to fall across the tournament, going down to Swiss qualifier Jil Teichmann. Andreescu managed to pull […]
2020 WTA Madrid Open fantasy tennis: Svitolina continues winning streak as Kvitova looks to collect fourth Madrid title
THE results are in, seeing Elina Svitolina and Petra Kvitova make it to the WTA Tour’s Madrid Open fantasy tennis final, after the two top talents were predicted to go well in our tournament preview. Svitolina got out to a roaring start against unseeded Latvian, Jelena Ostapenko, pulling out to a stellar first set victory and dominating the […]
2020 WTA Madrid Open fantasy tennis: Ostapenko joins seeded ranks in semi-finals
JUST the one unseeded name heads into the semi-finals of the Madrid Open fantasy tournament as seeds once again reigned supreme on the competition. Despite a rocky start against fellow top 10 seed Naomi Osaka, Ukrainian talent Elina Svitolina has once again propelled herself into the semi-finals. The 2-6 6-4 6-2 victory was a tough one […]
2020 WTA Madrid Open fantasy tennis: Top seeds drop off in Round of 16
IT was a massive Round of 16 at the WTA Tour Madrid Open fantasy tournament, with a couple of huge scalps turning the tables on the competition. Four top 10 seeds were eliminated as seeded talents dropped like flies. The biggest win went to Polish teenager, Iga Swiatek who defeated world number one Ash Barty in a […]
