Mertens flexes muscles as top seed Pliskova has shock exit
ELISE Mertens has had a stunning opening round win at the Western & Southern Open, while number one seed Karolina Pliskova had a shock round one exit and Ons Jabeur and Vera Zvonareva have defied terrible opening sets to advance through on day four of the WTA Tour competition. Meanwhile the ATP Tour tournament saw the first […]
Is Jannik Sinner the next top 20 star?
HEADING into last year’s Next Gen ATP Finals, Jannik Sinner was ranked the lowest and considered the biggest underdog in a group that included Frances Tiafoe, Mikael Ymer and Ugo Humbert. Defeating the first two and narrowly losing to the third, Sinner progressed through to the semi-finals where he took down Miomir Kecmanovic before stunning […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Tsitsipas and Wawrinka fall at first hurdle
A COUPLE of huge upsets on day two of the Libema Open fantasy tennis tournament in both the men’s and women’s competitions have shaken up the draw going forward. Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is out of the Open after falling to Frenchman Benoit Paire in three sets, 7-5 3-6 6-3. Also joining him on […]
2020 Libema Open fantasy tennis: Seeds mostly go to plan, with a couple of upsets on opening day
THERE were no major shocks in the ATP Libema Open, whilst six of the eight WTA seeds reached the second round in the WTA fantasy tennis tournament in s’Hertogenbosch. Of the day’s winners, the top three women dominated proceedings, whilst the highest seeded men largely had greater degree of difficulty to win. In the ATP […]
2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Qualifiers move through to second round with impressive wins
A RAFT of qualifiers defied their entry into the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis competition to post up impressive wins over higher ranked opponents and move through to the second round on day three of the competition. Among those qualifiers were Australian Bernard Tomic, Spaniard Carlos Taberner, Serbian Janko Tipsarevic and Bosnia and Herzegovian […]
2020 ATP Rome Masters fantasy tennis: Teenagers produce big as veterans show class
IT was a mixed bag of results when it came to young and old winners today, as both sides of the spectrum had some impressive wins. Talented teenagers, Thiago Seyboth Wild and Felix Auger-Aliassime moved through to the next round, whilst the likes of Stan Wawrinka and Jeremy Chardy showed they still had plenty left […]
2020 ATP Madrid Masters fantasy tennis: Paire upsets Munich finalist
BENOIT Paire has provided the biggest upset of the day at the 2020 ATP Madrid Open fantasy tennis tournament with a come-from-behind victory over 10th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. The unseeded Frenchman won 4-6 6-3 6-3 against the BMW Open finalists to be the only unseeded player to win through against a seeded one on […]
2020 ATP BMW Open fantasy tennis: Pella stuns Khachanov in 48-minute demolition job
A 48-minute blitz of a seed was the most-watched result of the day at the 2020 ATP BMW Open fantasy tennis tournament, with Argentinian Guido Pella completely dismantling the usually solid Karen Khachanov. The unseeded Pella showed no mercy as he moved through to the second round with a 6-1 6-0 win over the top […]
2020 ATP Monte Carlo Masters fantasy tennis: Seeds win through tough first round encounters
DRAWN with first round encounters, all four seeds survived day two of the 2020 ATP Monte Carlo Masters fantasy tennis tournament. Those moving through to the Round of 32 were ninth seed Matteo Berrettini, 11th seed David Goffin, 14th seed Karen Khachanov and 16th seed Stan Wawrinka. All four knew that they had tough encounters […]
2020 ATP Monte Carlo Masters fantasy tennis: Bedene and Fritz come from behind to book second round spots
SLOVENIAN qualifier, Aljaz Bedene and American Taylor Fritz both advanced through to the Round of 32 of the Monte Carlo Masters today with come-from-behind victories. Both players were facing off against tough opponents in the opening round of the fantasy tennis tournament, and found the going tough, but were able to post three-set victories. Bedene […]
