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2020 WTA Madrid Open fantasy tennis: Americans struggle on day one

DAY one of Madrid Open fantasy tournament saw just the one big scalp, but it may just be the biggest one there could be in the Round of 64, as Serena Williams went down in straight sets. But other than the eighth seed and champion going down in the first round, the day was relatively […]

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: Seeds drop as lower ranks turn the tables

IT took impressive performances across the board in the second half of the WTA Volvo Car Open draw to head into the quarter finals, with just the one predicted victory coming out of the day. World number one Ash Barty was the only seed to head through to the next round, and never once looked […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Reigning champ Madison Keys among seeds defeated in Round of 32

FOUR seeds were knocked out WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy contention in the second half of the Round of 32, with two top five seeds (and Grand Slam winners) in American Sofia Kenin and Naomi Osaka out of the race. The United States is now out of the running for a victory here with reigning […]

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: 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: Stephens breaks through for important win

SLOANE Stephens won her first match against a top 400 opponent for the year, joining a number of Americans in the second round of the 2020 WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament. The out-of-form talent came from behind to defeat Japan’s Nao Hibino 6-7 7-5 6-3, joining four other United States representatives in the […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Seeds advance in day of one-sided results

THERE are no remaining unseeded players left in the WTA Tour’s Indian Wells fantasy tennis tournament after the sixth day of play. The remaining four unseeded players in the draw were bundled out by seeds in straight sets. It was the tone of the day for the tournament, with just one match going to three […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Kenin and Serena pushed but survive

IT might have ended up a somewhat predictable day in the WTA Tour’s Indian Wells fantasy tennis tournament in terms of results, but it was the manner of a number of matches that surprised. Grand Slam winners, Serena Williams and Sofia Kenin were both pushed to the brink in their home nation by lower ranked […]

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