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 […]
2020 WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy tennis: Bencic fights off Anisimova as Swiatek takes down Stephens
WHILE ultimately the four seeded players made their way through to the second round of the 2020 WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy tennis tournament in Charleston, there were a mixture of expected and surprise results from day one of the tournament. For starters, the match between 10th seed Swiss talent, Belinda Bencic and fellow up […]
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 […]
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 […]
