2020 US Open Women’s preview: Who will emerge victorious in the strangest of years?
JUST who will emerge victorious in the 2020 US Open women’s tournament where six of the top 10 – including the top two players – are not attending? In our tournament preview, we take a look at just who is playing, who some of the contenders are, as well as the Round 1 matchups to […]
Trevisan destroys top seed in qualifying, becomes fifth Italian in Palermo
IT was an unsurprisingly bumpy start to the return of the WTA Tour at Palermo Ladies Open, but qualifying is now completed with the final 32 players determined ahead of main draw matches in just under 12 hours. Following the withdrawal of the top two ranked players – Simona Halep and Johanna Konta – as […]
Tournament rewind: 2019 Palermo Ladies Open
TALENTED up and comer, Jil Teichmann surprised all when she took out the 30th Palermo Ladies Open last year, coming through victorious in the final against raging favourite and top seed, Kiki Bertens. In that match, Teichmann won 7-6 6-2 in an hour and 52 minutes on the Italian clay. She played a consistent game, […]
Opinion: What would a WTA Tour version of the Laver Cup (Williams Cup) look like?
IN yesterday’s opinion article, we took a look at the current format of the ATP Tour’s Laver Cup, a team tournament which pits Team Europe off against Team World. We analysed how the current method is not the best way to have the closest contest, and some alternatives that the Tour could look at to […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Top seeds advance to semi-finals
WHILST the respective top seeds survived the quarter finals, there were still a number of upsets across both the men’s and women’s competitions at the 2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis tournaments. Top seed in the ATP Tour’s tournament Roger Federer got up with a straight sets win over eighth seed Brit Daniel Evans. The tournament […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Tsitsipas and Wawrinka fall at first hurdle
A COUPLE of huge upsets on day two of the Libema Open fantasy tennis tournament in both the men’s and women’s competitions have shaken up the draw going forward. Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is out of the Open after falling to Frenchman Benoit Paire in three sets, 7-5 3-6 6-3. Also joining him on […]
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 WTA Libema Open fantasy tennis preview: Grass court season commences
THE 2020 WTA Libema Open fantasy tennis tournament is set to provide plenty of interest and excitement as the first grass court competition for the year following a massive Roland Garros last week. We preview the fantasy tournament, with plenty of familiar names gracing the court over the coming week. FAVOURITE Karolina Pliskova (CZE) Top […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Svitolina and Suarez Navarro set to do battle for grand slam victory
A MASSIVE two weeks of Roland Garros fantasy tennis has culminated in an intense day of semi-finals action, seeing Elina Svitolina and Carla Suarez Navarro set up impressive wins to head into the final tomorrow. Suarez Navarro may be the underdog of the tournament but has not once appeared that way, with the unseeded Spaniard […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Svitolina takes out maiden Grand Slam title
A STELLAR run from unseeded Carla Suarez Navarro was brought to a deafening halt in the 2020 Roland Garros fantasy tournament final, with Elina Svitolina stopping the Spaniard in her tracks to win her maiden Grand Slam title. Svitolina impressed from beginning to end at the French Open, outlasting in three sets more often than […]
