WTA Tour returns: Who, where and when?
WHILE the world still battles the 2020 global pandemic that is COVID-19, it might be difficult to imagine an international sport that stretches every continent going ahead. But that is exactly the case for the WTA and ATP Tours that start in the next month. While the ATP Tour kicks off later in August, the […]
2020 WTA Nature Valley Open / ATP Stuttgart Open fantasy tennis: Cilic ousts Zverev as Garcia’s run to defend her title continues
FIVE seeds and last year’s reigning champion remain in the 2020 WTA Nature Valley Open fantasy tennis tournament, while over in Stuttgart, just two seeds are left standing following another day of upsets on grass. Turning the attention to Nottingham, seven of the eight seeds were on court after winning their first round matches, but […]
2020 WTA Nature Valley Open / ATP Stuttgart Open fantasy tennis: Chaos reigns in Germany as seeds skittled on day one
ONLY one seed fell at the 2020 WTA Nature Valley Open fantasy tennis tournament, whilst there was a lot more chaos at the ATP Stuttgart Open. In Germany, just one of the four seeds on court survived day one against the stronger unseeded grass court players. Looking at the Nature Valley Open in Nottingham first, […]
2020 WTA Nature Valley Open fantasy tennis: Kvitova the favourite as Garcia eyes back-to-back titles
NOW the 2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament is done and dusted, attention turns to Nottingham for the Nature Valley Open. Whilst there are plenty of young up and comers taking to the grass for the first time this year, there are also five top 20 players, led by top seed, Petra Kvitova. FAVOURITE: […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Strength in numbers as top seeds continue to flourish
THE second half of the Roland Garros fantasy Round of 64 saw plenty of interesting matchups, with five top ten players taking the court. But while majority of the competition’s seeds were too good this time around, a couple fell to unsuspecting foes. Ash Barty continued her strong run, defeating China’s Saisai Zheng in straight […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Ash Barty joins the fray
THE final day of Round of 128 saw reigning titleholder and world number one Ash Barty hit the court for the first time, and doing it in style with a threatening straight sets defeat of young talent Coco Gauff who is capable of defeating anyone on her day. The 6-2 6-2 victory started a slew […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis preview: Barty Party hoping for encore
WORLD number one Ash Barty returns to Paris to try and defend her maiden Grand Slam title, and with a number of other in-form clay courters joining her in France, expect the 2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament to be a massive one. FAVOURITE: Ash Barty (Australia) Last year’s Roland Garros winner and world […]
2020 WTA Italian Open fantasy tennis: Halep and Martic to contest Italian Open fantasy title
TWO massive semi-finals played out at the Italian Open fantasy tournament, seeing Simona Halep and Petra Martic head through to the final after spectacular wins. Martic is through to her fourth WTA final after defeating tough American qualifier, Sloane Stephens, in straight sets 6-3 6-3. Martic was impressive from the get-go, using her powerful serve […]
2020 WTA Italian Open fantasy tennis: Halep collects 21st title
THE Italian Open fantasy final finished with a bang, as third seed Romanian Simona Halep well and truly dominated against Croatia’s Petra Martic for the 2020 fantasy tennis title. Halep never looked like losing to unseeded Martic, only dropping the one game in the first set to well and truly stake her claim. Serving up […]
2020 WTA Italian Open fantasy tennis: Halep and Stephens dominate quarter finals
THREE seeds miss out on the Italian Open fantasy semi-finals after falling short at the quarter finals, with all four victors managing straight sets wins. Just one match was close, while two were complete in under an hour, such was their victors’ dominance. Third seed Simona Halep and qualifier Sloane Stephens continued their strong form, […]
