MY FANTASY TENNIS SCHEDULE

 

After each grand slam in the calendar, I usually hold my own fantasy tennis, the week after the grand slam to take advantage of the new rankings.  Here is the schedule for my fantasy tennis cups.

AFTER AUSTRALIAN OPEN:  Europa Cup - Europe and African players (28 Europeans, 4 Africans)

AFTER FRENCH OPEN: Americas Cup - North and South America

AFTER WIMBLEDON - Men and Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles

AFTER US OPEN - Australasia Cup - Asia, Australia and New Zealand players

LAST WEEK OF NOVEMBER - World Cup Tennis

Beyonce Continues to Top My FABE International Top 10 Countdown with Alien Superstar

 Beyonce tops My FABE International Top 10 countdown once again as Alien Superstar moves to the top spot. Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending January 26, 2024 -

#1 Alien Superstar (#2)

      Beyonce

#2 17 (#3)

 

     Julia Michaels

#3 Kelana (#4)

        Tulus

#4 Problematique (#5)

  

      Kim Petras

#5 Long Way to Go (#6)

   

      P!nk / The Lumineers

#7 Ojitos Lindos (#8)

      Bad Bunny / Bomba Estereo

#8 childhood bedroom (NEW)

 

       Ben Platt

#9 Marks on My Neck (NEW)

   

      Charlie Puth

#10 I Remember Everything (NEW)

        Zach Bryan / Kacey Musgraves

Dilaw Tops My FABE OPM Top 10 Countdown for the First Time

  

Dilaw tops My FABE OPM Top 10 countdown this week as Uhaw moves to the top spot. Here are my ten favorite songs by OPM artists for the week ending January 26, 2024 - 

#1 Uhaw (Tayong Lahat) (#2)

        Dilaw

#2 Wife Material (#3)

      Al Moralde / Prince Ben

#3 Kuntento (#4)

        Shehyee

#4 Pano (#5)

       Zack Tabudlo

#5 Bahala (#6)

      Ethan Loukas

#6 Happy w u (#7)

        Arthur Nery / Jason Dhakal 

#8 Wow Baby (#10)

        Because

#9 Sabik (#10)

        Mark Carpio 

#10 Walang Ibang Tahanan (NEW)

        Arman Ferrer

GAYLE Tops My FABE International Top 10 countdown for the Second Time

  

GAYLE tops My FABE International Top 10 countdown as snow angels moves to the top spot. Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending January 19, 2024 -

#1 snow angels (#2)

      GAYLE

#2 Alien Superstar (#3)

      Beyonce

#3 17 (#4)

 

     Julia Michaels

#4 Kelana (#5)

        Tulus

#5 Problematique (NEW)

  

      Kim Petras

#6 Long Way to Go (NEW)

   

       Lumineers

#7 Ojitos Lindos (NEW)

     Bad Bunny / Bomba Estereo

#8 Late to Da Party (NEW)

      Lil Nas X / YoungBoy Never Broke Again

#9 Desperate Things  (NEW)

      The Killers

#10 childhood bedroom (NEW)

       Ben Platt

2023 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TENNIS - BRONZE AND GOLD MEDAL MATCHES

 

BRONZE MEDAL MATCH

UNITED STATES 3

Coco Gauff

Jessica Pegula

Madison Keys

vs

RUSSIA 2

Liudmila Samsonova

Daria Kasatkina

Veronika Kudermetova

**********************************************************

GOLD MEDAL MATCH

BELARUS 3

Aryna Sabalenka

Victoria Azarenka

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

vs

CZECH REPUBLIC 5

Marketa Vondrousova

Karolina Muchova

Barbora Krejcikova

2023 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TENNIS - SF

 

UNITED STATES 3

Coco Gauff

Jessica Pegula

Madison Keys

vs

BELARUS 5

Aryna Sabalenka

Victoria Azarenka

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

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CZECH REPUBLIC 5

Marketa Vondrousova

Karolina Muchova

Barbora Krejcikova

vs.

RUSSIA 2

Liudmila Samsonova

Daria Kasatkina

Veronika Kudermetova

2023 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TENNIS - QF

 

UNITED STATES 5

Coco Gauff

Jessica Pegula

Madison Keys

vs

ITALY 0

Jasmine Paolini

Martina Trevisan

Elisabeta Cocciaretto

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UKRAINE 3

Elina Svitolina

Anhelina Kalinina

Lesia Tsurenko

vs. 

BELARUS 5

Aryna Sabalenka

Victoria Azarenka

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

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CZECH REPUBLIC 5

Marketa Vondrousova

Karolina Muchova

Barbora Krejcikova

vs.

POLAND 3

Iga Swiatek

Magda Linette

Magdalena Frech

***********************************************************************

RUSSIA 5

Liudmila Samsonova

Daria Kasatkina

Veronika Kudermetova

vs. 

CHINA 2

Qinwen Zheng

Xinyu Wang

Lin Zhu

2023 Women's World Cup Tennis - Second Round

 

GAME 1

#1 UNITED STATES 5

     Coco Gauff

     Jessica Pegula

     Madison Keys

vs

#29 KAZAKHSTAN 0

         Elena Rybakina

         Yulia Putintseva

         Zhibek Kulambayeva

*************************************************************************

GAME 2

#10 BELGIUM 5

        Elise Mertens

        Greet Minnen

        Yanina Wickmayer

vs

#8 ITALY

      Jasmine Paolini

      Martina Trevisan

      Elisabeta Cocciaretto

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GAME 3

#4 UKRAINE 5

      Elina Svitolina

      Anhelina Kalinina

      Lesia Tsurenko

vs

#15 SWITZERLAND

        Belinda Bencic

         Viktorija Golubic

         Celine Naef

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GAME 4

#11 ROMANIA 

        Sorana Cirstea

        Ana Bogdan

        Irina Camelia Begu

vs

#7 BELARUS 

      Aryna Sabalenka

      Victoria Azarenka

      Aliaksandra Sasnovich

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GAME 5

#2 CZECH REPUBLIC

      Marketa Vondrousova

      Karolina Muchova

      Barbora Krejcikova

vs

#14 CROATIA 5

        Donna Vekic

        Petra Martic

        Jana Fett

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GAME 6

#9 FRANCE

      Caroline Garcia

      Varvara Gracheva

      Clara Burel

vs

#5 POLAND

      Iga Swiatek

      Magda Linette

      Magdalena Frech

*************************************************************************

GAME 7

#3 RUSSIA 5

      Liudmila Samsonova

      Daria Kasatkina

      Veronika Kudermetova

vs

#13 GERMANY

        Tatjana Maria

        Tamara Korpatsch

        Laura Siegemund

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GAME 8

#12 SPAIN

        Sara Sorribes Tormo

        Rebeka Masarova

        Paula Badosa

vs

#6 CHINA

      Qinwen Zheng

      Xinyu Wang

      Lin Zhu

*************************************************************************

Bad Bunny and Rauw Alejandro Top My FABE International Top 10 This Week

 

Bad Bunny and Rauw Alejandro top My FABE International Top 10 countdown as Party moves to the top spot. Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending January 12, 2024 -

#1 Party (#2)

      

      Bad Bunny / Rauw Alejandro

#2 snow angels (#3)

       Gayle

#3 Alien Superstar (#4)

      Beyonce

#4 17 (#5)

 

     Julia Michaels

#5 Kelana (#6)

        Tulus

#6 Problematique (NEW)

  

      Kim Petras

#7 Hold on to Now (NEW)

      Kylie Minogue

#8 One Direction (NEW)

      Dan + Shay

#9 Nobody's Love (NEW)

 

        Maroon 5 / Popcaan

#10 What He Didn't Do (NEW)

   

        Carly Pearce

Meowfie Tops My FABE OPM Top 10 Countdown for the Second Time

 

Meowfie tops My FABE OPM Top 10 countdown this week as Kapiling moves to the top spot. Here are my ten favorite songs by OPM artists for the week ending January 12, 2024 - 

#1 Kapiling (#2)

      Meowfie

#2 Elevate (#3)

      Jeff Grecia

#3 Uhaw (Tayong Lahat) (#4)

        Dilaw

#4 Wife Material (#5)

      Al Moralde / Prince Ben

 #5 Kuntento (#6)

        Shehyee

#6 Pano (#7)

       Zack Tabudlo

#7 Bahala (#8)

      Ethan Loukas

#8 Happy w u (#9)

        Arthur Nery / Jason Dhakal 

#9 Bituin (#10)

        Soy

#10 Wow Baby (NEW)

        Because

2023 Women's World Cup Tennis - First Round

 

GAME 1

#1 UNITED STATES 5

     Coco Gauff

     Jessica Pegula

     Madison Keys

vs

#19 AUSTRALIA 0

        Kimberly Birrell

        Astra Sharma

        Olivia Gadecki

*************************************************************************

GAME 2

#16 CANADA 3

        Leylah Fernandez

        Bianca Andreescu

        Katherine Sebov

vs

#29 KAZAKHSTAN 5

         Elena Rybakina

          Yulia Putintseva

          Zhibek Kulambayeva

*************************************************************************

GAME 3

#10 BELGIUM 5

        Elise Mertens

        Greet Minnen

        Yanina Wickmayer

vs

#25 NETHERLANDS 0

        Arantxa Rus

        Arianne Hartono

        Suzan Lamens

*************************************************************************

GAME 4

#8 ITALY

      Jasmine Paolini

      Martina Trevisan

      Elisabeta Cocciaretto

vs

#21 JAPAN

        Nao Hibino

        Mai Hontama

        Himeno Sakatsume

*************************************************************************

GAME 5

#4 UKRAINE 5

      Elina Svitolina

      Anhelina Kalinina

      Lesia Tsurenko

vs

#18 SLOVAKIA 0

        Anna Karolina Schmiedlova

        Viktoria Hruncakova

         Rebecca Sramkova

*************************************************************************

GAME 6

#15 SWITZERLAND

        Belinda Bencic

         Viktorija Golubic

         Celine Naef

vs

#30 BULGARIA

         Viktoriya Tomova

          Gergana Topalova

         Isabella Shinikova

*************************************************************************

GAME 7

#11 ROMANIA 5

        Sorana Cirstea

        Ana Bogdan

        Irina Camelia Begu

vs

#26 BRAZIL 0

         Beatriz Haddad Maia

         Laura Pigossi

         Carolina Alves

*************************************************************************

GAME 8

#7 BELARUS 5

      Aryna Sabalenka

      Victoria Azarenka

      Aliaksandra Sasnovich

vs

#23 HUNGARY 0

         Anna Bondar

         Dalma Galfi

         Panna Udvardy

*************************************************************************

GAME 9

#2 CZECH REPUBLIC

      Marketa Vondrousova

      Karolina Muchova

      Barbora Krejcikova

vs

#20 ARGENTINA

         Nadia Podoroska

         Martina Capurro Taborda

         Julia Riera

*************************************************************************

GAME 10

#14 CROATIA 5

        Donna Vekic

        Petra Martic

        Jana Fett

vs

#31 SWEDEN 0

        Rebecca Peterson

        Mirjam Bjorklund

        Kajsa Rinaldo Persson

*************************************************************************

GAME 11

#9 FRANCE

      Caroline Garcia

      Varvara Gracheva

      Clara Burel

vs

#28 SERBIA

        Olga Danilovic

         Natalija Stevanovic

         Dejana Radanovic

*************************************************************************

GAME 12

#5 POLAND

      Iga Swiatek

      Magda Linette

      Magdalena Frech

vs

 

#22 SLOVENIA

        Tamara Zidansek

         Kaja Juvan

         Veronika Erjavec

*************************************************************************

GAME 13

#3 RUSSIA 5

      Liudmila Samsonova

      Daria Kasatkina

      Veronika Kudermetova

vs

#17 UNITED KINGDOM 2

        Katie Boulter

        Jodie Burrage

        Harriet Dart

*************************************************************************

GAME 14

#13 GERMANY 5

        Tatjana Maria

        Tamara Korpatsch

        Laura Siegemund

vs

#32 TURKEY 0

        Zeynep Sonmez

        Ipek Oz

        Berfu Cengiz

         

*************************************************************************

GAME 15

#12 SPAIN

        Sara Sorribes Tormo

        Rebeka Masarova

        Paula Badosa

vs

#27 LATVIA

        Jelena Ostapenko

        Darja Semenistaja

        Daniela Vismane

*************************************************************************

GAME 16

#6 CHINA

      Qinwen Zheng

      Xinyu Wang

      Lin Zhu

vs

#24 GREECE

         Maria Sakkari

         Valentina Grammatikopolou

          Despina Papamichail

2023 Men's World Cup Tennis Finals

 

#7 SPAIN 5

     Carlos Alcaraz
     Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

     Roberto Bautista Agut

vs

#5 ARGENTINA 2

       Francisco Cerundolo

       Sebastian Baez

       Tomas Martin Etcheverry