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Some things in tennis will most likely remain unchanged even in these disorientating times. Aryna Sabalenka playing tennis at a breakneck pace, with power and courage, is one of them. The soon-to-be World No.7 sealed a perfect week in the Emirati capital by winning the inaugural WTA Abu Dhabi Open, beating the hopeless Veronika Kudermetova […] READ MORE
After a day in which the top two seeds saved match points, the final eight women are set at the 2021 WTA Abu Dhabi Open. Who will advance to the semifinals? WTA Abu Dhabi Open Quarterfinal Predictions Aryna Sabalenka vs Elena Rybakina Head-to-head: Sabalenka 1-0 Rybakina Two of the WTA’s biggest hitters will battle this […] READ MORE
There will be plenty of intriguing matches on Day 3 of the WTA Abu Dhabi Open as this brand new tennis season gets going. Who will register the biggest scalps in the second round? Here at LWOT we predict all those matches happening on Friday, with four of them in this article. WTA Abu Dhabi […] READ MORE
The seeded players will be in action in a jam-packed schedule on the second day of the WTA Abu Dhabi Open. The likes of Elise Mertens, Karolina Muchova and Cori Gauff will play their first matches of the new season. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on […] READ MORE
Day 2 of the inaugural WTA Abu Dhabi Open will feature some of the best players on the women’s tour, including top seed seed and reigning Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin. We predict all matches on Day 2, with four of them in this article. Who will advance? WTA Abu Dhabi Open Day 2 Predictions […] READ MORE
The 2021 WTA Abu Dhabi Open will feature 12 matches of main draw action on Day 1. We predict all of those matches, with four of them in this article. The other eight can be found in two other articles, one featuring Daria Kasatkina vs Qiang Wang, the other headlining Maria Sakkari vs Anastasia Potapova. […] READ MORE
The inaugural WTA Abu Dhabi Open will have no shortage of star attraction as four Top 10 players lead the field in the first event of the 2021 season. As always, here at Last Word On Tennis, we offer our predictions of all 12 matches on the first day of main draw action, which features […] READ MORE
The buzz and excitement is palpable as tennis is set to return to our screens in just under ten days. In somewhat peculiar circumstances, the opening week of the ATP tour season will kick off in North America and Europe, headlined by two ATP 250s –ATP Delray Beach & Antalya, which will be played in […] READ MORE
In these unprecedented times where the sporting world is slowly adjusting to cope with more upheaval as we reach the climax of 2020, the word to describe this year would be “bedlam.” It is easy to forget that tennis, like other sports, paused for nearly six months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic which […] READ MORE
After weeks of discussion behind the scenes with tournaments and players, the schedule for upcoming 2021 season has now been ratified for the first two months – beginning with the ATP tour’s announcement and the WTA following suit. The WTA tour will officially start in the Middle East with the inaugural Abu Dhabi Women’s Tennis […] READ MORE