Homegrown talent impresses at US Open
A COUPLE of intriguing winners will hit the court in the second round at the WTA Tour’s 2020 US Open after a huge second day of Round of 128 action. It was a stellar output from the United States homegrown talent, with nine American representatives skating through. Serena Williams – who is hunting down an […]
Bellis winds back clock to book quarter final spot
AMERICAN up and comer, Catherine Bellis (known as CiCi) has wound back the clock with back-to-back wins at the Top Seed Open showing her class in the Lexington event to book a spot in the final eight. The 302nd ranked United States representative is a far throw from her 2017 career-high ranking of 35th in […]
Halep leads Prague draw as seeds drop like flies
THE 2020 Prague Open is set to commence this week, with a couple of huge names headlining the competition. The second tournament on the return of the WTA Tour from COVID-19 related closure, Prague will see some huge names enter the fray and with just as much on the line despite being held over three […]
WTA Tour returns: Who, where and when?
WHILE the world still battles the 2020 global pandemic that is COVID-19, it might be difficult to imagine an international sport that stretches every continent going ahead. But that is exactly the case for the WTA and ATP Tours that start in the next month. While the ATP Tour kicks off later in August, the […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Ash Barty joins the fray
THE final day of Round of 128 saw reigning titleholder and world number one Ash Barty hit the court for the first time, and doing it in style with a threatening straight sets defeat of young talent Coco Gauff who is capable of defeating anyone on her day. The 6-2 6-2 victory started a slew […]
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 Italian Open fantasy tennis: Williams, Osaka fail to make Round of 16
ANOTHER interesting day at the Italian Open fantasy saw four seeds drop from the competition. Overall it was a less predictable round, with less blow-out scorelines and plenty of talent stepping up despite their high-calibre opponent. Of the six Americans left in the tournament, only three continue through to the Round of 16 after eighth […]
2020 WTA Italian Open fantasy tennis: Americans dominate on day one
DAY one of the Italian Open fantasy tournament saw plenty of big matches, though little surprising outcomes given the amount of consistent talent on show. All four seeds in this half of the draw – bar the two who got free passes through the first round in Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova – were successful […]
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 Prague Open fantasy tennis: Seeds dominate on day one
THE opening round of the 2020 WTA Tour Prague Open fantasy tournament saw a smattering of results, as majority of results went the way of higher ranked players with a couple of interesting twists. Of the top seeds, just two missed out on heading through to the Round of 16, with both Karolina Muchova and Ekaterina Alexandrova […]
