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 […]
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: 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: Unexpected exits in first half of Round of 64
OF the 14 seeds taking the court on day five of the Roland Garros fantasy tournament, just three missed out on a spot in the Round of 32. It was a far closer half of the draw than any of the Round of 128 quarters, with just a few matches won and done easily. Of […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Straight sets victories dominate day one results
DAY one of the 2020 Roland Garros fantasy tournament saw plenty of strong results in the first quarter of the Round of 128, with all of the day’s seeds dominating in their matches. The top seeds of this quarter dominated, all completing their matches within or around the one hour mark. Fifth seed Garbine Muguruza […]
2020 WTA Italian Open fantasy tennis: Americans dominate on day one
DAY one of the Italian Open fantasy tournament saw plenty of big matches, though little surprising outcomes given the amount of consistent talent on show. All four seeds in this half of the draw – bar the two who got free passes through the first round in Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova – were successful […]
2020 WTA Madrid Open fantasy tennis: Three more seeds out as young talent prevails
DAY two of the Madrid Open fantasy tournament saw two seeds eliminated from the competition while a couple of wildcard and qualifying entrants reigned supreme. Among the strongest winners of the day were Ash Barty, Caroline Garcia and Magda Linette, with all three players applying phenomenal pressure and speed to their matches for around 45-minute […]
