2020 WTA Prague Open tennis preview: Muguruza and Svitolina join top Czechs in Prague
SOME of the WTA Tour’s top players descend on Prague for the 2020 Prague Open fantasy tennis tournament which kicks off next week. The Czech Republic is the strongest female nation and all their top players are returning home to take to the courts, along with a number of genuine title contenders on the clay. […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Qiang stuns second seed to book semi-finals spot
CHINA’S Qiang Wang has continued her stunning run into the 2020 WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament semi-finals. The 26th seed joined top 10 players, Ash Barty, Sofia Kenin and Naomi Osaka in the last four. While many expected the top four to advance through to the semis, Qiang threw a spanner in the […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Muchova stuns Serena as Linette’s run continues
KEEPING it fresh, a couple of results mixed up what could have been a predictable couple of upcoming quarter finals. In the Round of 16 at the WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament, both 23rd seed Karolina Muchova and the unseeded Magda Linette advance through to the last eight following upsets. Muchova’s big win […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Qiang Wang wins in three as other top 10 seeds advance to quarters
QIANG Wang remains the underdog in the bottom half of the 2020 WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament. The 26th seed remains China’s last hope in the title race, and set up a huge quarter final clash with Karolina Pliskova. Qiang faced off against one of 2020’s most impressive risers in Russian 24th seed, […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Linette sole unseeded standing in Round of 16
UNSEEDED Pole, Magda Linette is the last player outside the top 30 standing after the Round of 32 was completed today. Linette was the sole unseeded player to advance through to the next round following an upset win over Belinda Bencic, 6-2 6-3. The big win was a huge one for her career, and she […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Mladenovic takes Riskes in second round win
KRISTINA Mladenovic bucked the trend on day four of the WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament. The Frenchwoman won in three tough sets over 16th seed Alison Riske to advance through to the Round of 32. Mladenovic dropped the second set in the match, but recovered with a timely break in the deciding set […]
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 […]
Qatar Open: Brady’s Riske-free win as Anisimova rolls Svitolina through to third round
JENNIFER Brady‘s giant-killing streak in 2020 continued in the Qatar Open with a three-set win over an Australian Open semi-finalist. Brady defeated her American counterpart Alison Riske, downing the 13th seed 7-6 1-6 7-6 in a match that could have easily have gone the other way. The underdog only just won the first set tiebreaker […]
Qatar Open: Anisimova finds form against red-hot Alexandrova, as Muguruza survives tough challenge
AMANDA Anisimova has won her first match since the ASB Classic a month and a half ago by downing in-form Russian, Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Qatar Open Round of 64. The Doha event began with the first 12 matches getting underway, most of which were one-sided affairs. Anisimova’s win was in straight sets, but after […]
Dubai Tennis Championships: Carnage everywhere as Kenin, Svitolina and Bencic gone in first round
IN a remarkable day of upsets, three of the top five seeds are out of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, including Australian Open winner, Sofia Kenin in her first WTA Tour match since her triumph at Melbourne Park. While she lost to Jelena Ostapenko in the Fed Cup, her last singles match for WTA […]