Kukushkin ousts Garin in five, sets up third round clash with Thompson
MIKHAIL Kukushkin has outlasted Chilean 13th seed Cristian Garin to win in five sets today, setting up a third round encounter at the US Open with Australian Jordan Thompson. The 32-year-old Kazakhstan player won the first two sets with ease, before Garin hit back in the next two to level the match at two sets […]
Norrie comes from behind to stun Schwarzman in “two dogs with no serves” match
UNSEEDED Brit, Cameron Norrie has stunned the US Open followers with a massive come-from-behind five-set win against Diego Schwartzman to book a spot in the second round. The 25-year-old world number 76 defied heavy odds to win just his second career match in five sets, and his fifth in 50 games coming from a set […]
Form shows in New York as stacked qualifying draw gets underway
IT was a huge first day at the traditional Cincinnati Masters – moved to New York for COVID-19 reasons in the lead up to the United States – with the Western & Southern Open’s qualifying taking place in the women’s and men’s draws. Focusing the attention on the women’s draw, three of the top four […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Seeds mostly go to plan, with a couple of upsets on opening day
THERE were no major shocks in the ATP Libema Open, whilst six of the eight WTA seeds reached the second round in the WTA fantasy tennis tournament in s’Hertogenbosch. Of the day’s winners, the top three women dominated proceedings, whilst the highest seeded men largely had greater degree of difficulty to win. In the ATP […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: RBA salutes as Edmund topples compatriot
ROBERTO Bautista Agut survived a thriller against Italian Andreas Seppi, and Kyle Edmund won the Battle of Britain to move through to the second round of Roland Garros in the 2020 ATP fantasy tennis tournament. The 12th seed Spaniard was able to overcome Seppi in a topsy-turvy contest, eventually winning 6-1 4-6 6-0 2-6 6-2 […]
2020 ATP Geneva and Lyon Opens fantasy tennis: Gasquet and Londero among upsets on day two
IT was almost a perfect sweep for the eight seeds in Geneva, whilst five of a possible eight seeds made their way through to the quarter finals in Lyon as the 2020 ATP fantasy tennis tournaments continued on their second day. In Switzerland, only fifth seed Karen Khachanov bowed out in the second round with […]
2020 ATP Geneva and Lyon Opens fantasy tennis: Predictable day of results with a few unseeded upsets
THE final ATP Tour fantasy tennis tournaments prior to Roland Garros began this week with the Geneva Open and Lyon Open both yielding fairly predictable results. All four seeds of the 24 players on court won through to the second round, whilst a few qualifier and a wildcard also earned their place in the Round […]
2020 ATP Madrid Masters fantasy tennis: Paire upsets Munich finalist
BENOIT Paire has provided the biggest upset of the day at the 2020 ATP Madrid Open fantasy tennis tournament with a come-from-behind victory over 10th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. The unseeded Frenchman won 4-6 6-3 6-3 against the BMW Open finalists to be the only unseeded player to win through against a seeded one on […]
2020 ATP Estoril Open fantasy tennis: Basilashvili continues hot form to down Budapest winner, Anderson
NIKOLOZ Basilashvili has shown that he has the potential to go all the way in the 2020 ATP Estoril Open fantasy tennis tournament after the unseeded Georgian took down the red-hot Kevin Anderson in the opening round. Basilashvili won in a come-from-behind performance, 4-6 6-2 6-1 against the 106th ranked South African, fresh off a […]
2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis tournament: Young guns and veterans share spoils on opening day
A MIX of youth and experience booked places in the second round of the 2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis competition after impressive wins on day one in Budapest. Six matches were completed with the two seeds on court – Australia’s John Millman and France’s Richard Gasquet – both winning their respective matches. Millman had […]
