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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Men's Americas Cup - Finals

FINALS
Milos Raonic  CAN 1
     
Jack Sock USA 5

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Men's Americas Cup - Semi-Finals

SEMI-FINALS
Milos Raonic  CAN 1
Pablo Cuevas URU 3
     
Donald Young USA
Jack Sock USA 5

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Men's Americas Cup - Quarterfinals

QUARTERFINALS
Milos Raonic  CAN 1
Thomaz Bellucci BRA 8
Pablo Cuevas URU 3
Victor Estrella Burgos DOM
     
Donald Young USA
Carlos Berlocq ARG
Guido Pella ARG
Jack Sock USA 5

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Men's Americas Cup - Second Round

SECOND ROUND
Milos Raonic  CAN 1
Rajeev Ram USA
Horacio Zeballos ARG
Thomaz Bellucci BRA 8
Pablo Cuevas URU 3
Taylor Fritz USA
Victor Estrella Burgos DOM
Juan Martin del Potro ARG
     
Steve Johnson USA 4
Donald Young USA
Carlos Berlocq ARG
Federico Delbonis ARG 7
John Isner USA 2
Guido Pella ARG
Diego Schwartzman ARG
Jack Sock USA 5

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Men's Americas Cup - Starting Lineup

1 26
Milos Raonic (CAN) Marco Trungelliti (ARG)
12 17
Rajeev Ram (USA) Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)
14 24
Horacio Zeballos (ARG) Tim Smyczek (USA)
8 32
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) Jared Donaldson (USA)
3 28
Pablo Cuevas (URU) Austin Krajicek (USA)
11 18
Taylor Fritz (USA) Facundo Bagnis (ARG)
15 22
Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
6 29
Sam Querrey (USA) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
4 25
Steve Johnson (USA) Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 
10 19
Donald Young (USA) Juan Monaco (ARG)
16 21
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) Denis Kudla (USA)
7 31
Federico Delbonis (ARG) Nicolas Kicker (ARG)
2 27
John Isner (USA) Dennis Novikov (USA)
9 20
Guido Pella (ARG) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
13 23
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Bjorn Fratangelo (USA)
5 30
Jack Sock (USA) Guido Andreozzi (ARG)

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Women's Americas Cup - Finals

FINALS
Serena Williams  USA 1
     
Sloane Stephens USA 4

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Women's Americas Cup - Semi-Finals

SEMI-FINALS
Serena Williams  USA 1
Madison Keys USA 3
     
Sloane Stephens USA 4
Venus Williams USA 2

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Women's Americas Cup - Quarterfinals

QUARTERFINALS
Serena Williams  USA 1
Varvara Lepchenko USA 8
Madison Keys USA 3
Coco Vandeweghe USA 6
     
Sloane Stephens USA 4
Lauren Davis USA
Venus Williams USA 2
Irina Falconi USA

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Women's Americas Cup - Second Round

SECOND ROUND
Serena Williams  USA 1
Louisa Chirico USA
Nicole Gibbs USA
Varvara Lepchenko USA 8
Madison Keys USA 3
Christina McHale USA
Veronica Cepede Royg PAR
Coco Vandeweghe USA 6
     
Sloane Stephens USA 4
Shelby Rogers USA
Lauren Davis USA
Eugenie Bouchard CAN 7
Venus Williams USA 2
Anna Tatishvili USA
Irina Falconi USA
Monica Puig PUR 5

Friday, July 15, 2016

Fantasy Tennis: The 2016 Women's Americas Cup - Starting Lineup

1 26
Serena Williams (USA) Taylor Townsend (USA)
12 17
Louisa Chirico (USA) Teliana Pereira (BRA)
14 24
Nicole Gibbs (USA) Vania King (USA)
8 32
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) Asia Muhammad (USA)
3 28
Madison Keys (USA) Jessica Pegula (USA)
11 18
Christina McHale (USA) Samantha Crawford (USA)
15 22
Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR)
6 29
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) Paula Cristina Goncalvex (BRA)
4 25
Sloane Stephens (USA) Jennifer Brady (USA)
10 19
Shelby Rogers (USA) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
16 21
Alison Riske (USA) Lauren Davis (USA)
7 31
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) Catalina Pella (ARG)
2 27
Venus Williams (USA) Grace Min (USA)
9 20
Madison Brengle (USA) Anna Tatishvili (USA)
13 23
Irina Falconi (USA) Julia Boserup (USA)
5 30
Monica Puig (PUR) Robin Anderson (USA)

Friday, July 8, 2016

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Mixed Doubles World Championships - Finals

The Swiss pair (Federer, Bencic) finally won their first mixed doubles title over the British pair (Murray, Konta).


FINALS
Andy Murray / Johanna Konta (GBR) (#6)
Roger Federer / Belinda Bencic (SUI) (#2)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Mixed Doubles World Championships - Semi-finals

The top two American pairs pushed their way to the semi-finals. However, both pairs lose to their respective opponents.

Roger Federer, Andy Murray and the Williams sisters are all set to get another medal, aside from the ones they won in the doubles.  The shade will be decided today.


SEMI-FINALS
Jack Sock / Venus Williams (USA)
Andy Murray / Johanna Konta (GBR) (#6)
John Isner / Serena Williams (USA) (#4)
Roger Federer / Belinda Bencic (SUI) (#2)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Mixed Doubles World Championships - Quarterfinals

The top seeds from Spain (Nadal, Muguruza) are booted out of the tournament by the American #2 team (Sock, Venus Williams).

However, all the other seeds go through.  Two Americans, two Swiss and two Serbian teams all push through, including the #1 British and Czech pairs.


QUARTERFINALS
Jack Sock / Venus Williams (USA)
Viktor Troicki / Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (#8)
Stan Wawrinka / Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) (#3)
Andy Murray / Johanna Konta (GBR) (#6)
John Isner / Serena Williams (USA) (#4)
Novak Djokovic / Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (#7)
Roger Federer / Belinda Bencic (SUI) (#2)
Tomas Berdych / Petra Kvitova (CZE) (#5)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Mixed Doubles World Championships - Second Round

All the top 8 seeds push through to the second round. However, last year's silver medalists from Spain (Ferrer, Suarez Navarro) are defeated by Russia (Kuznetsov, Kuznetsova).  So now, two out of the four medalists from last year are gone from tournament.


SECOND ROUND
Rafael Nadal / Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (#1)
Jack Sock / Venus Williams (USA)
Marin Cilic / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)
Viktor Troicki / Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (#8)
Stan Wawrinka / Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) (#3)
Nick Kyrgios / Samantha Stosur (AUS)
Andreas Seppi / Sara Errani (ITA)
Andy Murray / Johanna Konta (GBR) (#6)
John Isner / Serena Williams (USA) (#4)
Milos Raonic / Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga / Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Novak Djokovic / Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (#7)
Roger Federer / Belinda Bencic (SUI) (#2)
Andrey Kuznetsov / Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Fabio Fognini / Roberta Vinci (ITA)
Tomas Berdych / Petra Kvitova (CZE) (#5)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Mixed Doubles World Championships - First Round

Here are the pairings for the first round.  

The defending Spanish champions (Nadal, Muguruza) are set to meet Australia's #2 team (Tomic, Gavrilova).

Last year's silver medalists from Spain (Ferrer, Suarez Navarro) will meet Russia (Kuznetsov, Kuznetsova).

Last year's bronze medalists from the US (Isner, Williams) will meet France's #3 team (Monfils, Cornet).


FIRST ROUND
Rafael Nadal / Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (#1) Bernard Tomic / Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 
Jack Sock / Venus Williams (USA) Alexandr Dolgopolov / Elina Svitolina (UKR)
Richard Gasquet / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) Marin Cilic / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)
Viktor Troicki / Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (#8) Grigor Dimitrov / Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Stan Wawrinka / Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) (#3) Jiri Vesely / Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
Nick Kyrgios / Samantha Stosur (AUS) Kei Nishikori / Misaki Doi (JPN)
Sam Querrey / Madison Keys (USA) Andreas Seppi / Sara Errani (ITA)
Andy Murray / Johanna Konta (GBR) (#6) Lukas Rosol / Barbora Strycova (CZE)
John Isner / Serena Williams (USA) (#4) Gael Monfils / Alize Cornet (FRA)
Philipp Kohlschreiber / Angelique Kerber (GER) Milos Raonic / Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga / Caroline Garcia (FRA) David Goffin / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Novak Djokovic / Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (#7) Roberto Bautista Agut / Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)
Roger Federer / Belinda Bencic (SUI) (#2) Alexander Zverev / Andrea Petkovic (GER)
David Ferrer / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) Andrey Kuznetsov / Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Fabio Fognini / Roberta Vinci (ITA) Martin Klizan / Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
Tomas Berdych / Petra Kvitova (CZE) Mikhail Kukushkin / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Mixed Doubles World Championships - Starting Line-Up

Here is the starting line-up for this year's mixed doubles world championships.

The competing countries are from Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United States.

Rafael Nadal / Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 6
Roger Federer / Belinda Bencic (SUI) 11
Stan Wawrinka / Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 15
John Isner / Serena Williams (USA) 18
Tomas Berdych / Petra Kvitova (CZE) 19
Andy Murray / Johanna Konta (GBR) 20
Novak Djokovic / Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 25
Viktor Troicki / Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 28
David Ferrer / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 29
Philipp Kohlschreiber / Angelique Kerber (GER) 30
Nick Kyrgios / Samantha Stosur (AUS) 33
Jack Sock / Venus Williams (USA) 35
Fabio Fognini / Roberta Vinci (ITA) 41
Richard Gasquet / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 42
Sam Querrey / Madison Keys (USA) 46
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga / Caroline Garcia (FRA) 50
Alexandr Dolgopolov / Elina Svitolina (UKR) 51
Kei Nishikori / Misaki Doi (JPN) 54
Milos Raonic / Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 55
Andrey Kuznetsov / Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 56
David Goffin / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 61
Andreas Seppi / Sara Errani (ITA) 61
Martin Klizan / Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 69
Marin Cilic / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 70
Gael Monfils / Alize Cornet (FRA) 74
Bernard Tomic / Daria Gavrilova (AUS)  74
Alexander Zverev / Andrea Petkovic (GER) 76
Jiri Vesely / Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 84
Lukas Rosol / Barbora Strycova (CZE) 97
Mikhail Kukushkin / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 100
Roberto Bautista Agut / Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 107
Grigor Dimitrov / Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 107

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Men's Doubles World Championships - Finals

Switzerland (Federer/Wawrinka) and Great Britain (Murray/Bedene) get their bronze medals in this year's championships.

Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki wrest the gold medal from the Spanish defending champions Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer.


FINALS
Novak Djokovic / Victor Troicki (SRB) (4)
Rafael Nadal / David Ferrer (ESP) (2)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Men's Doubles World Championships - Semi-finals

The same four teams that made it to the semi's last year are back again in the same round this year.  Who will triumph this time?


SEMI-FINALS
Roger Federer / Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (1)
Novak Djokovic / Victor Troicki (SRB) (4)
Rafael Nadal / David Ferrer (ESP) (2)
Andy Murray / Aljaz Bedene (GBR)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Men's Doubles World Championships - Quarterfinals

Eight teams make it into the quarterfinals led by the top four seeds.  The other challenger teams are from Spain, France, Germany and Great Britain.


QUARTERFINALS
Roger Federer / Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (1)
Roberto Bautista Agut / Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (5)
Gilles Simon / Gael Monfils (FRA) (6)
Novak Djokovic / Victor Troicki (SRB) (4)
Rafael Nadal / David Ferrer (ESP) (2)
Philipp Kohlschreiber / Alexander Zverev (GER)
Andy Murray / Aljaz Bedene (GBR)
Milos Raonic / Vasek Pospisil (CAN)  (3)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Men's Doubles World Championships - Second Round

The top four seeds lead the charge into the second round. All of last year's medalists are also safely through.



SECOND ROUND
Roger Federer / Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (1)
Marin Cilic / Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Benoit Paire / Lucas Pouille (FRA)
Roberto Bautista Agut / Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (5)
Steve Johnson / Sam Querrey (USA) 
Gilles Simon / Gael Monfils (FRA) (6)
Novak Djokovic / Victor Troicki (SRB) (4)
Steve Darcis / David Goffin (BEL)
Rafael Nadal / David Ferrer (ESP) (2)
Tomas Berdych / Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Philipp Kohlschreiber / Alexander Zverev (GER)
Dominic Thiem / Gerald Melzer (AUT)
John Isner / Jack Sock (USA) (8)
Andy Murray / Aljaz Bedene (GBR)
Milos Raonic / Vasek Pospisil (3)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga / Richard Gasquet (FRA)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Men's Doubles World Championships - First Round

Here's the draw for the first round. Competing countries are Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the USA.


FIRST ROUND
Roger Federer / Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (1) Kei Nishikori / Yuichi Sugita (JPN)
Marin Cilic / Ivo Karlovic (CRO) Thomaz Bellucci / Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)
Benoit Paire / Lucas Pouille (FRA) Martin Klizan/ Andrej Martin (SVK)
Roberto Bautista Agut / Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (5) Alexander Dolgopolov/ Ilya Marchenko (UKR) 
Steve Johnson / Sam Querrey (USA)  Taylor Fritz / Denis Kudla (USA)
Gilles Simon / Gael Monfils (FRA) (6) Joao Sousa / Gastao Elias (POR)
Novak Djokovic / Victor Troicki (SRB) (4) Fabio Fognini / Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas / Marcel Granollers (ESP) Steve Darcis / David Goffin (BEL)
Rafael Nadal / David Ferrer (ESP) (2) Andrey Kuznetsov / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Tomas Berdych / Jiri Vesely (CZE) Florian Mayer / Dustin Brown (GER)
Philipp Kohlschreiber / Alexander Zverev (GER) Diego Schwartzmann / Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Nick Kyrgios / Bernard Tomic (AUS) (7) Dominic Thiem / Gerald Melzer (AUT)
John Isner / Jack Sock (USA) (8) Borna Coric / Ivan Dodig (CRO) 
Andy Murray / Aljaz Bedene (GBR) Paolo Lorenzi / Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)
Milos Raonic / Vasek Pospisil (3) John Millman / Jordan Thompson (AUS)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga / Richard Gasquet (FRA) Federico Delbonis / Guido Pella (ARG)

Fantasy Tennis: 2016 Men's Doubles World Championships - Starting Line-Up

Here are the 32 starting teams for the 2016 Men's Doubles World Championships:


Roger Federer / Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 8
Rafael Nadal / David Ferrer (ESP)  18
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga / Richard Gasquet (FRA) 22
Novak Djokovic / Victor Troicki (SRB) 28
Roberto Bautista Agut / Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 36
Gilles Simon / Gael Monfils (FRA) 36
Nick Kyrgios / Bernard Tomic (AUS) 37
John Isner / Jack Sock (USA) 43
Marin Cilic / Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 45
Philipp Kohlschreiber / Alexander Zverev (GER) 50
Milos Raonic / Vasek Pospisil 51
Benoit Paire / Lucas Pouille (FRA) 53
Andy Murray / Aljaz Bedene (GBR) 58
Steve Johnson / Sam Querrey (USA)  70
Tomas Berdych / Jiri Vesely (CZE) 73
Albert Ramos-Vinolas / Marcel Granollers (ESP) 79
Fabio Fognini / Andreas Seppi (ITA) 80
Federico Delbonis / Guido Pella (ARG) 90
Kei Nishikori / Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 105
Andrey Kuznetsov / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 112
Alexander Dolgopolov/ Ilya Marchenko (UKR)  117
Joao Sousa / Gastao Elias (POR) 123
Borna Coric / Ivan Dodig (CRO)  124
Dominic Thiem / Gerald Melzer (AUT) 129
Taylor Fritz / Denis Kudla (USA) 131
Thomaz Bellucci / Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) 151
Diego Schwartzmann / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 154
John Millman / Jordan Thompson (AUS) 155
Steve Darcis / David Goffin (BEL) 156
Martin Klizan/ Andrej Martin (SVK) 161
Florian Mayer / Dustin Brown (GER) 165
Paolo Lorenzi / Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 169