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Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Spain and Germany tick off first challenges

SPAIN and Germany are through to what is now effectively quarter finals in the 2020 Draft Central Fed Cup Fantasy Tennis competition. The two nations overcame Slovakia and Switzerland to hand those opponents their second loss of the group stage and ensure they could not qualify for the semi-finals. With all eight sides to face […]

Fed Cup fantasy tennis: Czechs survive scare as United States breeze through

ON day two of our Fantasy Fed Cup tournament, the third and fourth seeds in United States and Czech Republic also won their opening matches, but in very different circumstances. The United States breezed past Slovakia 3-0 not every dropping a set, while the Czech Republic bounced back from an opening match loss to win […]

Fed Cup fantasy tennis: 2020 Tournament preview

LIKE every sport on the planet right now, tennis is in hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means no live sport for the time being, and everyone is scrambling for whatever sport they can find be it the Belarusian Premier League, Tajikistan Basketball League or Ukrainian table tennis. Next week would have seen the […]

2020 Fed Cup qualifiers preview: Nations load up on star talent

MUCH like the Davis Cup last year, the Fed Cup in 2020 has undergone a revamp with a World Cup-style tournament planned for Budapest in April. In it, 12 nations will compete for the title, with last year’s grand finalists, France and Australia automatically qualifying, as well as host nation Hungary, and wildcard Czech Republic […]

Young Gun focus: Aryna Sabalenka

BELARUSIAN Aryna Sabalenka is one of the rising stars of women’s tennis. After finishing 2018 with eight wins over top 10 opponents and the 11th overall ranking, she came into 2019 with lofty expectations. Sabalenka won three titles this year, all of which took place in China (WTA Elite Trophy, Shenzhen Open and Wuhan Open) […]