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2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Experience proves necessary on day four

YULIA Putintseva is the only unseeded player through to the quarter finals in this half of the draw at Charleston, while all three other predicted leaders won their way through. Putintseva’s serve was crucial against tenth seed Belinda Bencic, with the 25-year-old Russian holding serve and keeping Bencic on the back foot throughout. But Bencic would […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Ash Barty wins clay title ahead of 2020 Roland Garros

ASH Barty has added another title to her collection with a stellar straight sets victory over Petra Kvitova in the WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy final. The Australian world number one had her eye in from the very beginning, forcing errors from the Czech star and using her strong serves to rack up aces on her […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Predictable day on court for seeds

A MASSIVE quarter final draw saw three of the four seeds head into the semi-finals, with just fourth seed Karolina Pliskova knocked out of WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy contention. Kiki Bertens was just too good against Pliskova, holding her ground and holding Pliskova to just the two sets without a tiebreaker. Sixth seed Bertens was […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Seeds drop as lower ranks turn the tables

IT took impressive performances across the board in the second half of the WTA Volvo Car Open draw to head into the quarter finals, with just the one predicted victory coming out of the day. World number one Ash Barty was the only seed to head through to the next round, and never once looked […]

2020 WTA Volvo Car Open: Two big scalps in Round of 32

THE first half of the WTA Volvo Car Open fantasy Round of 32 results are in, with the biggest scalps ultimately being Yulia Putintseva‘s come-from-behind win against Serena Williams and wildcard pole, Iga Swiatek‘s straight sets victory over second seed Simona Halep. All other top seeds pulled through, with four coming in straight sets. Putintseva had a […]

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: Pliskova and Osaka survive shock deficits

TWO title contenders at the 2020 WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament survived first set deficits to come back and win in three sets. Second seed Karolina Pliskova was stunned by unseeded German Julia Goerges, dropping the first set to love before winning 12 of the last 15 games to run away with a […]

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: Mladenovic takes Riskes in second round win

KRISTINA Mladenovic bucked the trend on day four of the WTA Tour’s Miami Open fantasy tennis tournament. The Frenchwoman won in three tough sets over 16th seed Alison Riske to advance through to the Round of 32. Mladenovic dropped the second set in the match, but recovered with a timely break in the deciding set […]

Top 10 WTA Players without a Grand Slam title: #8 Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)

WITH no live tennis on currently due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Draft Central will take a look back at some of the best players of past and present and rank them based on a specific set of guidelines. In our next Top 10 countdown, we look at the Top 10 WTA Players to never […]

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