Brady and Gauff move to career-high rankings after successful WTA Tour return
JENNIFER Brady and Coco Gauff led a host of players now at their career-high rankings after the first three WTA Tour tournaments have been put in the books. Brady took out the title at the Top Seed Open to move nine places up to 40th in the world for the first time in her career, […]
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 […]
Gauff stuns Sabalenka in third top 15 win of her career
TEENAGE prodigy, Coco Gauff showed that that the time off did nothing to slow her down as a future Grand Slam winner, defeating second seed Belarusian, Aryna Sabalenka in three tight sets at the Top Seed Open. The win followed on from her stunning victory over reigning Australian Open champion, Naomi Osaka back at Melbourne […]
Twenty two years on, Williams sisters to face off for 31st time
TWENTY two years ago, 17-year-old Venus Williams emerged triumphant over her 16-year-old sister, Serena in the second round of the Australian Open. While both had shown immense talent as teenagers, few would have predicted what would develop, as both sisters would go on to win multiple Grand Slams, Serena vying for a record-equalling 24 if […]
British fall as other seeds advance on day one at Lexington
GREAT Britain’s great white hope, Johanna Konta‘s season continued to spiral after the third seed slipped up in the first round of the Top Seed Open in Lexington. Konta fell to Czech Marie Bouzkova in straight sets, 6-4 6-4 in two hours and one minute after dropping a match to a lowly ranked compatriot in […]
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 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 […]
2020 WTA Stuttgart and Istanbul fantasy tennis: Seeds too good on day one
IT was a big first day of fantasy competition for both the Tennis Grand Prix and Istanbul Open, with both Round of 32 days hosting a wealth of talent and mostly predictable outcomes, with all seeded players across both competitions heading through to the second round. At Stuttgart, not one match went to three sets […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Collins takes out Konta to reach third round
UNSEEDED American, Danielle Collins has knocked 13th seed Johanna Konta out of the Miami Open following a come-from-behind win. On a day dominated by the seeds, Collins was one of only three unseeded players to survive the Round of 64 in the fantasy tennis tournament, and book her place in the Round of 32. She […]
2020 WTA Miami Open fantasy tennis: Stephens breaks through for important win
SLOANE Stephens won her first match against a top 400 opponent for the year, joining a number of Americans in the second round of the 2020 WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament. The out-of-form talent came from behind to defeat Japan’s Nao Hibino 6-7 7-5 6-3, joining four other United States representatives in the […]
