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The finalists for this year’s ATP Delray Beach Open are 20-year-old Sebastian Korda and World No.35 Hubert Hurkacz. Will the 20-year-old American’s fairytale run here end with his first title? Or will the slightly more experienced Pole prevail? We share our thoughts on the upcoming Delray Beach Open final. ATP Delray Beach Open Final Prediction […] READ MORE
Day three at the ATP Finals will see the London 2020 group return to action on what promises to be a crucial day in the battle to secure a spot in the semifinals at the season-ending championships. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for both of the singles matches on […] READ MORE
There should be plenty of entertaining action on day five at the ATP Rome Masters, even if there are no fans on site to witness it. A number of star names are set to take to the courts at the Foro Italico at this crucial French Open warm-up event and, as ever, we here at […] READ MORE
Patrick Mouratoglou, the current coach of Serena Williams, has been busy during the COVID-19 pandemic as he launched his innovative UTS (Ultimate Tennis Showdown) tournament in his academy in Nice, France. The tournament which has attracted top players like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, and Dominic Thiem. The purpose of this tournament was to address some […] READ MORE
20 years ago, Mary Pierce ended France’s 33-year drought at Roland Garros, becoming the first woman to lift the Suzanne Lenglen trophy since Francoise Dürr, by beating Conchita Martinez in the final. Since then, despite successes in doubles, no French player, male or female, has replicated Pierce’s win in singles at the French Open. I […] READ MORE
Former world #5 Henri Leconte was in good spirits at his office in Luxembourg as he spoke exclusively to me on The Double Bagel Tennis Podcast last week, and of course given the current circumstances, we talked virtually through Zoom. The 56-year-old Frenchman is living “in his second life” right now, as he believes when […] READ MORE
Former WTA world #1 and three time Grand Slam finalist, Dinara Safina, spoke exclusively to The Double Bagel Tennis Podcast last week. The 33-year-old Russian, currently in Moscow, talked about what she has been doing since officially retiring in 2014, growing up in a tennis family in Russia, the difficulty of dealing with nerves in […] READ MORE
Former world #1 and 2003 Roland Garros Champion, Juan Carlos Ferrero, spoke exclusively to The Double Bagel Podcast last week about his playing career and what he has been doing post-retirement. The 40-year-old retired in 2012, and has been active in the tennis world by managing two tennis academies in the world- one in Spain […] READ MORE
Paul Annacone, the former coach of Pete Sampras and Roger Federer, spoke exclusively to the Double Bagel podcast last week. He is currently coaching the rising American Taylor Fritz as well as appearing as an analyst for Tennis Channel. Annacone, who was once ranked as high as 12th in the world, discussed his experience coaching […] READ MORE
Finals day at the Delray Beach Open in Florida will see Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka take on the huge-serving Reilly Opelka for the title. But who will emerge victorious? Delray Beach Open Final Prediction Yoshihito Nishioka vs Reilly Opelka Head-to-head: Opelka 1-0 Nishioka The big question heading into this match is how Opelka is feeling after […] READ MORE