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Day four in Rotterdam sees the second round come to a close, and there are many exciting matches on display. Home favourites Tallon Griekspoor and Botic Van De Zandschulp are in action, whilst top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas faces a tough test in Ilya Ivashka. Andy Murray takes on Felix Auger-Aliassime in arguably the most interesting […] READ MORE
Day 3 at the ATP 500 in Rotterdam promises to produce more exciting indoor tennis. Last week’s champion in Montpellier, Alexander Bublik will be looking to continue his fine form. The Kazakh faces a tough test against Andy Murray, who will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing Australian Open. The closest match of […] READ MORE
Wednesday promises to produce another exciting day of ATP 500 tennis in Rotterdam. Felix Auger-Aliassime will be looking to continue his excellent start to the 2022 season, as he takes on Egor Gerasimov. Elsewhere, Lloyd Harris will look to put the disappointment of the Australian Open behind him, as he faces a tough opening round […] READ MORE
Day 2 at the ATP 500 in Rotterdam sees #1 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas begin his tournament against talented young Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Elsewhere, Aslan Karatsev will be hoping to bounce back from a shock opening round defeat in Pune last week. The Russian faces wildcard and home favourite Tallon Griekspoor. Here are my predictions […] READ MORE
Defending champion Andrey Rublev gets his campaign underway at the ATP 500 in Rotterdam on Tuesday. The Russian will be looking to bounce back from a third round defeat to Marin Cilic at the Australian Open, as he takes on Henri Laaksonen. Elsewhere, Denis Shapovalov will be looking to build on his impressive form at […] READ MORE
The first ATP 500 event of the season begins this week at the ATP Rotterdam Open , with a very strong field of players including Stefanos Tsitsipas, defending champion Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger-Aliassime. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the schedule. But who will reach […] READ MORE
Juan Martin del Potro has announced that he is likely to retire after playing the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires next week due to a knee injury. The Argentine has been given a wildcard into the main draws of both Buenos Aires and the Rio Open later in the month, however it is possible that […] READ MORE
Over the past year, Matteo Berrettini has been one of the most consistent players at the Grand slams. The Italian was only beaten by Novak Djokovic over the best-of-five sets format in 2021. On each occasion that those two players met–in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, the Wimbledon final, and the US Open quarterfinals–the Italian took […] READ MORE
Lloyd Harris was one of the most improved players on the ATP Tour in 2021. The South African quickly established himself as one of the most exciting players to watch on the ATP Tour and Harris was able to maintain a high level of consistency throughout the year. The South African currently resides at #31 […] READ MORE
Novak Djokovic played some of the best tennis of his career in 2021. In fact, his 2021 will go down as one of the best in tennis history. Aged 34, and with the next generation of players breaking through at the top of the game, the Serb continued to raise the bar in 2021, culminating […] READ MORE