Davis Cup Qualifiers preview I: Top four seeds
DAVIS Cup qualifiers are set to get underway this weekend, with the traditional format – reverse singles and one doubles – in place for the matches. Over the next three days, we will preview the 12 World Group clashes, with the winners advancing to the Davis Cup Finals in November. FRANCE [1] vs ECUADOR Palais […]
Davis Cup Playoff results – September 18-19: Belgium surges home to avoid upset as Argentina bounce back
FOUR of the five seeded nations in the World Group I Playoffs got home despite some shaky early results from the first two nations, while an unfortunate injury ruling Stefanos Tsitsipas out of his nations’ tie with Lithuania ultimately saw Greece drop to the World Group II Qualifiers again. WORLD GROUP 1: Bolivia (2) defeated […]
Davis Cup Playoffs preview: Part 3 – September 18-19 – World Group I
THE first of the Davis Cup ties running into the team events for the second half of 2021 take place from tonight, with a host of teams battling it out to earn World Group Playoff and World Group I Playoff honours. The way it works is that the 24 teams (12 matches) in World Group […]
2020 European Open preview: Seven top 20 players set for Antwerp
SEVEN top 20 ATP Tour players will descend on Antwerp for the 2020 European Open which starts on Monday. The ATP 250 event is a hard court event and will see a stacked lineup, with 44th ranked Albert Ramos-Vinolas the lowest ranked direct acceptance, whilst Matteo Berrettini (8th) will head in as the top seed. […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Johnson stands tall to oust Dimitrov
THE first round of the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament is complete, after the fourth day of first round matches played out in Paris today. In a similar story to the past three days, just one seed fell at the first hurdle, with 18th seed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov being the only casualty of […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis preview: Can Nadal win his 13th crown?
AFTER an entertaining clay court season, the final stanza is here with Roland Garros set to take place over the next two weeks. Led by world number one and 12-time winner, Rafael Nadal the tennis world will converge on France as the best players look to win a major in this fantasy tennis Grand Slam. […]
2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis: One-sided results highlight day two in Budapest
IN a complete turnaround from the opening day of action at the 2020 ATP Hungarian Open fantasy tennis tournament, every single match was just the two sets in a one-sided day of results. Just one seed – Borna Coric – advanced through to the next round while the other seed in action – Vasek Pospisil […]