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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 […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Bouzkova stuns compatriot Kvitova in Round of 64

AFTER a successful first day of action at the WTA Tour’s Indian Wells fantasy tennis tournament for the Czech Republic representatives, it set up a number of all-Czech battles in the second round. While one went as planned with second seed, Karolina Pliskova moving through against Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-1, it was the other that […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Home court talents provide spectators with success

IT was a great day for United States fans at the 2020 Indian Wells WTA Tour’s fantasy tournament, with five of the seven representatives making it through to the Round of 64. Venus Williams, Bernada Pera, Jennifer Brady, Jessica Pegula and Lauren Davis all booted spots in the next round, with only Christina McHale and […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Czech mate on day one

IT was a great opening day for Indian Wells’ WTA Tour’s Czech Republic representatives, with all three Czechs out on court winning their respective matches. Kristyna Pliskova joined her sister Karolina in the second round following a come-from-behind win against United States’ Taylor Townsend. Pliskova won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in an entertaining opening match, and […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy preview: Big guns return at Indian Wells

AS the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Draft Central is extending the fantasy tennis coverage throughout the ATP and WTA seasons to simulate tournaments and see just how they might have gone down. The next WTA tournament to be completed will be the Indian Wells, which was meant to be held in March. The current top 100 […]

Fed Cup fantasy tennis: USA extend lead on Czech Republic with 19th title

THE United States of America (USA) have extended their dominance on the Fed Cup titles leaderboard with a 19th title in our simulated fantasy tennis competition. The top two sides over the years reached the final, with the USA winning 18 previous titles, and the Czech Republic second overall with 11. It has been a […]

Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Czech Republic to face United States in final

THE two combatants for the 2020 Fed Cup Fantasy Tennis competition have been decided with Czech Republic and the United States winning through to the final. While both matches against their respective opponents in Russia and Australia were in sweeps, they had to fight hard for the most part in what was an entertaining semi-finals […]

Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Kenin saves match points to send US into semis

IN what was otherwise a relatively one-sided day, Sofia Kenin‘s comeback in a replay of the Australian Open final proved to be the highlight on day six of the Fed Cup fantasy tennis competition. United States advanced through to the semi-finals to take on Australia, while Czech Republic moved through to set up a date […]

Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Czechs survive scare as United States breeze through

ON day two of our Fantasy Fed Cup tournament, the third and fourth seeds in United States and Czech Republic also won their opening matches, but in very different circumstances. The United States breezed past Slovakia 3-0 not every dropping a set, while the Czech Republic bounced back from an opening match loss to win […]

Fed Cup fantasy tennis: 2020 Tournament preview

LIKE every sport on the planet right now, tennis is in hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means no live sport for the time being, and everyone is scrambling for whatever sport they can find be it the Belarusian Premier League, Tajikistan Basketball League or Ukrainian table tennis. Next week would have seen the […]

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