Naomi returns to win first match since April
FOUR-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has returned to the WTA Tour, producing a hard-fought three set win over promising Chinese teenager Qinwen Zheng. The former world number one has not played since her first round loss at Roland Garros, and has not won a match since the Madrid Open on April 30. In a […]
Cerundolo rolls Ruuderless top seed
ARGENTINIAN Francisco Cerundolo is no stranger to big wins on clay courts, and he produced the goods once again by taking down one of the best clay courters in the world, Norwegian Casper Ruud. The world number 39 has made some big inroads the last couple of years since turning professional in 2018, but playing […]
Jabeur and Rybakina set to clash for ultimate grassy glory
OVERNIGHT at Wimbledon saw the Semi Finals of the Ladies’ Singles, and we have our two finalists for the 2022 tournament. No matter what happens in the final, we will have a first time Grand Slam champion, as it was Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina who won through to the decider. Jabeur did not have […]
Djoker becomes a thief in the night
TOP seed and 20-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic produced an epic comeback overnight to defeat Italian Jannik Sinner in five sets in the Wimbledon quarter finals. The Serbian star made hard work for himself by going down two sets to love, credit to the 10th seed’s ability to start strongly. Unfortunately for the Italian, […]
The seeds continue to fall at Wimbledon
OVER in the Ladies’ Singles draw at Wimbledon 2022, the surprise results continued to come. 12th seed Jelena Ostapenko was the latest of the seeds to fall, losing to world 103 Tatjana Maria. It was an epic tussle between the pair, the score line ultimately finishing 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 in favour of the German. Maria […]
Carnage at Wimbledon as Kerber, Sakkari fall
IT was a day of shock losses in the ladies singles at Wimbledon, with two of the contenders in the bottom half of the draw bowing out at the All-England club. The 2018 Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber suffered a straight sets loss to 24th seed Belgian Elise Mertens, meaning just one past Wimbledon winner is […]
2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 1
THE 2022 Australian Open got underway yesterday and in Rookie Me Central’s Australian Open Scoreboard, see how every match went down. The men’s singles went largely to plan, with only Sebastian Korda‘s win over British 12th seed Cameron Norrie, and Australian wildcard Aleksandar Vukic victory 30th seed South African Lloyd Harris the sole seeded upsets. […]
Hopman Cup hypothetical teams: Italy & Germany
ONE of the most unique tennis tournaments which features both ATP Tour and WTA Tour players is the Hopman Cup. Given the world circumstance and the fact it was already skipped on the eve of last year, it looks to be either delayed later in 2021, or perhaps at the turn of the New Year […]
2020 WTA Nature Valley Open / ATP Stuttgart Open fantasy tennis: 2019 Nottingham finalists to battle it out in 2020 semis
HALF of the semi-finalists in both Nottingham and Stuttgart are seeds after the eight quarter finals were completed across the WTA and ATP fantasy tennis tournaments today. Top seed Petra Kvitova won through to the semi-finals with a convincing straight sets win, setting the tone for the day’s action. The Czech world number eight knocked […]
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 […]
