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: Linette sole unseeded standing in Round of 16
UNSEEDED Pole, Magda Linette is the last player outside the top 30 standing after the Round of 32 was completed today. Linette was the sole unseeded player to advance through to the next round following an upset win over Belinda Bencic, 6-2 6-3. The big win was a huge one for her career, and 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 […]
2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Americans upset seeds in front of home fans
WITH six players from the United States taking the court at Indian Wells for the fourth day of action in our WTA Tour fantasy tennis tournament, it was bound to cause a few upsets. Four of the six Americans got through to the next round, of which three were unseeded – Venus Williams, Jessica Pegula […]
Five WTA players to watch: Young guns outside the top 30
AFTER naming five ATP Tour players to watch yesterday, we have thrown up five names – all teenagers – who are currently on the WTA Tour and making waves. Whilst one of these players is universally recognised, the others deserve the same plaudits with these guns to no doubt become household names in the coming […]
Qatar Open: Brady’s Riske-free win as Anisimova rolls Svitolina through to third round
JENNIFER Brady‘s giant-killing streak in 2020 continued in the Qatar Open with a three-set win over an Australian Open semi-finalist. Brady defeated her American counterpart Alison Riske, downing the 13th seed 7-6 1-6 7-6 in a match that could have easily have gone the other way. The underdog only just won the first set tiebreaker […]
WTA Dubai Tennis Championships: Halep destroys Brady as Rybakina through to fourth final
WORLD number two, Simona Halep is through to the Dubai Tennis Championships final after wiping American Jennifer Brady off the court in the semi-final. The Romanian number one seed needed just 62 minutes to blow her opponent away, 6-2 6-0 and book a spot in the decider, winning 75.9 and 57.9 per cent of her […]
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: Carnage everywhere as Kenin, Svitolina and Bencic gone in first round
IN a remarkable day of upsets, three of the top five seeds are out of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, including Australian Open winner, Sofia Kenin in her first WTA Tour match since her triumph at Melbourne Park. While she lost to Jelena Ostapenko in the Fed Cup, her last singles match for WTA […]
Thailand Open: Martic gone in stunning Round 1 upset
THAILAND Open second favourite, Petra Martic is out of the Hua Hin tournament after losing her first round match yesterday. The Croatian went down to 134th ranked 18-year-old Wang Xiyu of China in straight sets, 6-3 6-4. It leaves the bottom half of the draw wide open on a day where eight Chinese players took […]