Serena survives scare in longest match of day five
IT was arguably the strangest match of Serena Williams‘ long and illustrious career, but the multiple Grand Slam winner conceded she was just happy to get past it. The United States star and third seed in the 2020 Western & Southern Open was catapulted into outright favouritism following shock losses to Karolina Pliskova and Sofia […]
Bellis winds back clock to book quarter final spot
AMERICAN up and comer, Catherine Bellis (known as CiCi) has wound back the clock with back-to-back wins at the Top Seed Open showing her class in the Lexington event to book a spot in the final eight. The 302nd ranked United States representative is a far throw from her 2017 career-high ranking of 35th in […]
Gauff stuns Sabalenka in third top 15 win of her career
TEENAGE prodigy, Coco Gauff showed that that the time off did nothing to slow her down as a future Grand Slam winner, defeating second seed Belarusian, Aryna Sabalenka in three tight sets at the Top Seed Open. The win followed on from her stunning victory over reigning Australian Open champion, Naomi Osaka back at Melbourne […]
Twenty two years on, Williams sisters to face off for 31st time
TWENTY two years ago, 17-year-old Venus Williams emerged triumphant over her 16-year-old sister, Serena in the second round of the Australian Open. While both had shown immense talent as teenagers, few would have predicted what would develop, as both sisters would go on to win multiple Grand Slams, Serena vying for a record-equalling 24 if […]
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 WTA Tour Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Confident wins heading into semi-finals
THE quarter finals produced some quality matches, with Elina Svitolina the frontrunner given her consistency and seeding, but with Carla Suarez Navarro, Kiki Bertens and Iga Swiatek still firing from all cylinders, there is no reason why Svitolina’s lower ranked opposition cannot take out victory. Svitolina may have had a slow start against Czech Republic’s […]
2020 WTA Tour Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Barty out in highly touted Round of 16
HEADING into the Roland Garros fantasy Round of 16 was always set to be a big day on the court, and with five seeds – all within the top 20 – falling, day eight certainly lived up to the expectation. The likes of Carla Suarez Navarro, Iga Swiatek and Yulia Putinseva continued their top form, […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Seeds dropping like flies ahead of Round of 16
THE second Round of 32 saw a couple of interesting results play out at the Roland Garros fantasy tournament, namely some big scalps with both third seed Simona Halep and seventh seed Serena Williams knocked out of contention. The pair were just two of the five seeds to fall on day six. Yulia Putintseva came […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Unexpected exits in first half of Round of 64
OF the 14 seeds taking the court on day five of the Roland Garros fantasy tournament, just three missed out on a spot in the Round of 32. It was a far closer half of the draw than any of the Round of 128 quarters, with just a few matches won and done easily. Of […]
2020 WTA Roland Garros fantasy tennis: Straight sets victories dominate day one results
DAY one of the 2020 Roland Garros fantasy tournament saw plenty of strong results in the first quarter of the Round of 128, with all of the day’s seeds dominating in their matches. The top seeds of this quarter dominated, all completing their matches within or around the one hour mark. Fifth seed Garbine Muguruza […]
