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2020 Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Bautista Agut, Garin cause upsets

TOP eight hopes, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Gael Monfils are out of the 2020 ATP Indian Wells Masters fantasy tennis competition after going down in defeats against fellow top 20 players. Roberto Bautista Agut and Cristian Garin were triumphant in those Round of 16 matches, joining top five players, Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem in the […]

2020 Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Top seeds get through, but not without a fight

IT was a massive day at Indian Wells on day six of the fantasy tennis competition, with plenty of popcorn-worthy matches on show across the competition. Five of the eight matches went to three sets, with three of the top 10 seeds having to fight hard in order to move through to the Round of […]

2020 ATP Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Contests sharpen as first Round of 16 opponents decided

AFTER clearing out lower ranked opponents, the seeds got their first big challenges of the Indian Wells ATP Tour fantasy competition, with second seed Rafael Nadal and fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas among those needing three sets to advance through to the Round of 16. Not only that, but the first top 10 seed fell, with […]

2020 ATP Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Fognini survives scare as seeds advance to last 32

IT was eerily similar to the third day of action, with only two more unseeded players making it through to the Round of 32. That meant five of the 32 Indian Wells combatants are unseeded, as the top stars of the ATP Tour made their way through. There were no problems for top six seeds, […]

Top 10 ATP Players without a Grand Slam title: #9 Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)

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 first Top 10 countdown, we look at the Top 10 ATP Players to never […]

2020 ATP Indian Wells fantasy tennis: Top seeds cruise through on day three

THE top contenders in the 2020 Indian Wells fantasy tennis competition moved through to the third round after a rather predictable day of results. Top 10 seeds, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas and David Goffin all breezed through without too much trouble, while only three unseeded players made it through to the next round […]

Once Upon a Time… Novak Djokovic’s rise to the top

REWIND back to 2003. A little known 15-year-old who was born to parents of both Serbian (paternal) and Croatian (maternal) descent had just turned professional. In this new series, we take a look back at once upon a time and when it all started for the Grand Slam champions and we begin with world number […]

Memorable matches: 2019 Monte Carlo Masters – Fognini stuns Nadal in semi-finals to win first Masters

THE King of Clay. Rafael Nadal is hardly ever beaten on the surface, let alone in a Masters event like Monte Carlo. Rewinding 12 months ago and the Spaniard was entering the ATP 1000 event vying for his 12th title in 16 years. Aside from his three-year break from winning the tournament between 2013-15 (where […]

Players and USTA stunned as Roland Garros pushed back after US Open

WITH the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, it would be hard to find an athlete who would be shocked to see events delayed or cancelled. But that is exactly the case in the tennis world after French Open organisers blindsided players on the ATP and WTA Tours announcing that the traditional May to June event […]

Wildcard Thiago Seyboth Wild defeats Casper Ruud in Chile Open final for maiden ATP title

SECOND seed Norwegian Casper Ruud fell to wildcard Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild in the Chile Open final, going down to the 19-year-old, 7-5 4-6 6-3 in a whopping two hours and 16 minutes. This victory is Seyboth Wild’s maiden ATP title, making him the youngest player to win the Chile Open title since Rafael Nadal […]

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