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2020 WTA Madrid Open fantasy tennis preview: Kvitova looks to win fourth Madrid title

AS the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Draft Central is extending the fantasy tennis coverage throughout the ATP and WTA seasons to simulate tournaments and see just how they might have gone down. The next WTA tournament to be completed will be the Madrid Open, which was meant to be held in May, and with fantasy matches […]

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 Tour Miami Open fantasy tennis preview: Barty looks to bounce back in Miami

AS the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Draft Central is extending the fantasy tennis coverage throughout the ATP and WTA seasons to simulate tournaments and see just how they might have gone down. The next WTA tournament to be completed will be the Miami Open, which was meant to be held in March. Still down and out […]

2020 WTA Indian Wells fantasy preview: Big guns return at Indian Wells

AS the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Draft Central is extending the fantasy tennis coverage throughout the ATP and WTA seasons to simulate tournaments and see just how they might have gone down. The next WTA tournament to be completed will be the Indian Wells, which was meant to be held in March. The current top 100 […]

Halep takes out Rybakina in epic Dubai three-set contest

WORLD number two and tournament favourite, Simona Halep has lived up to expectations triumphing in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The number one seed came from a set down against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina to win 3-6 6-3 7-6 in two hours and 27 minutes. Despite Halep starting the match strongly with a 76.7 […]

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 Qatar Open preview: Barty hopeful of return in stacked field of entrants

AN AMAZING field has signed up for what promises to be a memorable Qatar Open on the WTA Tour with world number one Ash Barty set to play alongside at least six other top 10 stars. With others in serious form and depth like few other tournaments, this promises to be a huge event with […]

Dubai Tennis Championships: Rybakina’s run continues as Brady plays party pooper

A POTENTIAL semi-final rematch between number one seed, Simona Halep and Australian Open runner-up, Garbine Muguruza has been spoiled with the ninth seeded Spaniard bundled out of the Dubai Tennis Championships in three sets. Muguruza went down to American Jennifer Brady who is enjoying some career-best form at the moment, defeating top five player Elina […]

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: Jabeur continues 2020 form with win over Riske

A HUGE opening Round of 32 saw a number of upsets occur in the first WTA Premier event of February. The Dubai Tennis Championships welcomed back a familiar face in Kim Clijsters, with the Grand Slam winner returning to the WTA Tour circuit for the second time. While she ultimately ran into Australian Open runner-up […]

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