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Wednesday at the 2021 WTA Viking International at Eastbourne will feature eight second-round matches. Top seed Aryna Sabalenka takes on Alison Riske, whose best surface is, by far, grass. Who do you think will prevail? We also predict the rest of the day’s matches in a separate article. WTA Eastbourne Day 3 Predictions Shelby Rogers […] READ MORE
It will be an extremely star-studded Wednesday at the 2021 WTA Viking International at Eastbourne. The top four seeds remain in contention for the title, but neither of them has a matchup that could be considered easy. Who do you think will advance? We also predict the rest of the day’s matches in a separate […] READ MORE
It was five events again on the ATP Challenger Tour, although this time only between grass and clay. Next week, most of the usual suspects will feature in the Wimbledon qualifying draw, therefore there will be just one event held in Milan. But before we get to that, read back on this week’s action: ATP […] READ MORE
Ladies’ Singles qualifying for the Wimbledon will be held from Tuesday to Thursday at The Bank of England Sports Centre at Roehampton. The draw hasn’t been made yet, but who are some of the players on the entry list that you should keep an eye on? These five women have experienced success on grass before […] READ MORE
Former World No. 4 Kiki Bertens announced on her Instagram that she will retire at some point during the 2021 season. The Dutchwoman wants to play Eastbourne, Wimbledon, and the Olympics next. After this stretch of tournaments, she is going to decide whether to play towards the end of the season, based on how well […] READ MORE
Although the French Open may have captured most of the headlines, it was a week of ATP Challenger Tour tennis not to miss. For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, five events were held in one week, with players competing on all three surfaces in locations as far apart as Kazakhstan […] READ MORE
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Challenger Tour will host five events in the same week, something that used to happen quite regularly before. What’s crazy is that all three surfaces will be in play – grass in Nottingham, hard courts in Orlando, and three other clay-court tournaments. But before we get […] READ MORE
Federico Delbonis had his big breakthrough back in 2013 when after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles in Colombia, he reached the final at the German Open as a qualifier. That run saw him eliminate established clay-courters such as Tommy Robredo or Fernando Verdasco, before running into and beating Roger Federer in the semifinals. While […] READ MORE
Since October 2018, Cristian Garin managed to win eight professional titles, all on clay courts. First, it was three consecutive Challenger events in a row (Sao Paulo, Santo Domingo, Lima), then four ATP 250s, and a 500 title at Rio last year. The Chilean has been struggling to translate that form into the bigger clay-court […] READ MORE
Roger Federer breezed past Denis Istomin in the opening round of the French Open in just 93 minutes. The 2009 champion was playing his first Grand Slam match in 487 days (loss to Novak Djokovic at the 2020 Australian Open). Federer defeated the qualifier 6-2 6-4 6-3. After an opening-round loss to Pablo Andujar in […] READ MORE