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From LastWordOnTennis, by Filippo Colombo. Francesca Schiavone’s 6-1 6-2 loss in the opening round of the US Open was her third consecutive first round loss at a Grand Slam. All of them have come in straight sets, against Svetlana Kuznetsova in New York, Simona Halep at Wimbledon and Kiki Mladenovic at Roland Garros. Moreover, earlier this year, […] READ MORE
It’s Manic Monday at Wimbledon, the absolute best day in tennis. Watching the matches are an incredible treat, and as a preview we’re going to give you a treat and predict them all. That’s right. Our writers are tackling all eight matches. Predicting today are myself (Yesh Ginsburg), editor Sam Barker, and contributors Linda Celia […] READ MORE
Well, the rain messed with our predicting schedule, along with just about everything else. We couldn’t make predictions for Saturday’s matches because those had been pretty much covered in the predictions for Thursday and Friday, but we get to give you predictions for Middle Sunday, a rare treat indeed. Predicting today are myself (Yesh Ginsburg) […] READ MORE
Wimbledon has had quite the trouble with rain, which has seriously messed up the schedule for the players, along with our predictions. We are back, though, predicting five of the top Round 2 matches from the top half of the draw. Now, Tara Moore against Svetlana Kuznetsova is nowhere on the Day 4 schedule, but […] READ MORE
Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Andy Murray, Juan Martin Del Potro, and Stan Wawrinka all prevailed in a rain plagued day two of action at Wimbledon. Kuznetsova against Caroline Wozniacki was the blockbuster match of the day. Kuznetsova, the 13 seed and two-time Slam winner against former #1 Wozniacki. Wozniacki skipped the entire clay season with injury […] READ MORE
We’re back for the second day of the biggest tournament in tennis. There are so many amazing matches on the slate that we couldn’t think of just five–we have six for you today. Predicting today are myself (Yesh Ginsburg), editor Steen Kirby, and contributor John Lupo. Panelists’ Predictions 2016 Wimbledon Women’s Day 2 Roberta Vinci […] READ MORE
We’re into the second seed of a Slam and here to predict more matches. From now on we will be predicting every match, so here are our thoughts on the Day 7 matches. Predicting today will be myself (Yesh Ginsburg) and LWOS contributors Bradey Bononcioni and Jeff Crady. Panelists’ Predictions 2016 French Open Women’s Day […] READ MORE
It’s Day 6 of the French Open, and we’re here again to predict all of the best Roland Garros matches for you. Joininh us today to predict these matches are myself, LWOS contributor Bradey Bononcioni and John Lupo, and editor Niall Clarke. For our LWOS predictions of the Day 6 men’s matches, click here. Panelists’ […] READ MORE
We’re off to a bit of a late start with this, but we’re back with more Panelists’ Predictions for you at this year’s French Open. Joining us for the women’s matches on Day 4 are myself (Yesh Ginsburg), editor Niall Clarke, and contributor John Lupo. Check out day 4 predictions for men’s matches here. Panelists’ […] READ MORE
Let’s get one thing straight from the off. When I say Serena Williams is in a slump, I do not mean comparative with the rest of the WTA. She has not had some Bouchard-esk capitulation or a woeful year like Wozniacki. Simply by her own lofty standards, whenever the talismanic player goes seven months without […] READ MORE
