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 […]
ATP/WTA Tour nation analysis: Tunisia
WITH all the ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournaments on hiatus for the time being, Draft Central will take a look at various nations across the globe and analyse how the top players from that nation are performing. Our next nation is Tunisia. Top ATP player: Malek Jaziri Rank: 261 (as of March 16, 2020) […]
2020 Monterrey Open preview: Svitolina leads host of out-of-form stars at Monterrey
MOST of the tournament contenders at Monterrey, Mexico will hope to find form that has been lost over the past couple of months, with a former Grand Slam winner returning to the tour and others hoping to bounce back from a string of disappointing first round defeats in previous starts. FAVOURITE: Elina Svitolina (UKR) The […]
Qatar Open: Barty survives three-set thriller as Kuznetsova causes upset
AUSTRALIAN world number one, Ash Barty is through to the semi-finals after a win over Australian Open runner-up Garbine Muguruza, setting up an epic semi-final encounter with eighth seed, Petra Kvitova. Barty won 6-1 6-7 6-2 in an hour and 53 minutes to make it through to the last four in an impressive win over […]
Qatar Open: Jabeur’s 2020 giant-killing streak continues amongst a couple of walkovers
ENJOYING a mid-career purple patch, Tunisian Ons Jabeur‘s season continues to go from strength to strength. Since the Hobart International, Jabeur is 10-3 with scalps including Johanna Konta, Caroline Wozniacki, Qiang Wang and Alison Riske – all top 30 players of the last 12 months. Now Jabeur adds world number three, Karolina Pliskova to that […]
Qatar Open: Barty eases back on tour as Kenin falters again
WORLD number one, Ash Barty has played her first match since her semi-final exit at the Australian Open, rolling past German, Laura Siegemund in 73 minutes. The Australian star won 6-3 6-2 in a straightforward match to dust off the cobwebs and move into the Round of 16. There were still plenty of areas Barty […]
Qatar Open: Anisimova finds form against red-hot Alexandrova, as Muguruza survives tough challenge
AMANDA Anisimova has won her first match since the ASB Classic a month and a half ago by downing in-form Russian, Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Qatar Open Round of 64. The Doha event began with the first 12 matches getting underway, most of which were one-sided affairs. Anisimova’s win was in straight sets, but after […]
2020 WTA Dubai Tennis Championships: Halep survives match point deficit to overcome improved Jabeur
IF there was any doubt that Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur has improved in 2020, then those doubts were erased on the third day of main draw action at Dubai. The world number 45 continues to build having already beaten five top 50 players in 2020. World number two, Simona Halep almost became the sixth in their […]
Dubai Tennis Championships: Jabeur continues 2020 form with win over Riske
A HUGE opening Round of 32 saw a number of upsets occur in the first WTA Premier event of February. The Dubai Tennis Championships welcomed back a familiar face in Kim Clijsters, with the Grand Slam winner returning to the WTA Tour circuit for the second time. While she ultimately ran into Australian Open runner-up […]
St Petersburg Ladies Trophy: Dodin piles on more pain for sore Konta
JOHANNA Konta‘s winless streak on the WTA Tour stretched into its fifth month, having not won since the fourth round of the US Open last year. Having publicly announced her soreness this year, Konta was bundled out in the first round of Brisbane (Barbora Strycova) and Melbourne Park (Ons Jabeur), then bypassed Fed Cup in […]
