US Open
Caroline Garcia’s brief stint as the World No. 4 was largely built on a phenomenal fortnight back in 2017, when she took WTA 1000 titles in Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back. Over just fourteen days, the Frenchwoman grabbed 10 wins, including three top 10 scalps (#2 Simona Halep, #3 Elina Svitolina, #9 Dominika Cibulkova). That was […]
Veteran players John Isner and Marin Cilic look to secure third round berths in the US Open on day 4 of the tournament. We have predictions for every second match in New York including Jannik Sinner’s match from our panelists. John Isner vs Holger Rune Embed from Getty Images Shane Black: The courts in Queens […]
Jannik Sinner takes on qualifier Christopher Eubanks in the second round of the US Open, we have predictions for every day 4 match at the final Grand Slam of the year in New York from our panelists. Jannik Sinner vs Christopher Eubanks Embed from Getty Images Damian Kust: Christopher Eubanks said after qualifying that he […]
Rafa Nadal needed four sets to get through the first round in the US Open. The Spanish star is competing at a Slam for the first time since withdrawing from the semifinal at Wimbledon. It emerged that Nadal has off court concerns regarding his pregnant wife Mery Perello and their newborn child. The Spaniard is […]
Thursday is the biggest day of Christopher Eubanks professional career. The biggest day since, well, Tuesday. Because on Tuesday afternoon, Eubanks claimed the first Grand Slam main draw win of his career against Pedro Martinez. Tomorrow, he will play in the second round of the singles and the first round of the doubles at the […]
Second seed Rafael Nadal of Spain beat Rinky Hijikata of Australia 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3 to move into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday. The match lasted for two hours and five minutes. Nadal will take on Fabio Fognini of Italy in the second round on Thursday. The 36-year-old Spaniard is gunning […]
2022 has been a very peculiar year for Daniil Medvedev. Mid-third set of the Australian Open final, Medvedev was king of the world, seemingly destined for a period of dominance of men’s tennis, at least on hard courts. It all unraveled from there though. Rafael Nadal came back and prevented him from winning a second […]
Day 2 at the US Open featured a lot of exciting matches on the men’s side, including some long and tense five-set battles. It also featured Sam Querrey’s farewell to the tour after a very long career that saw him reach one Grand Slam semifinal and three quarterfinals, and win ten titles and 385 ATP […]
As far as retirements go, all the focus on this year’s US Open has been on Serena Williams, but Sam Querrey announced that this will be his last ride in Queens as well. Querrey has not had as illustrious a career as Serena, and didn’t make it to the fabled 40 as a few athletes […]
Jannik Sinner survived a round-one scare against Daniel Altmaier on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Sinner outlasted the German 5-7 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-1 in three hours and 35 minutes, using 51 winners to break through Altmaier. It was a positive sign of resilience from the #11 seed who is looking to back up his run to […]
During the 2017 US Open, Yibing Wu achieved something incredible. He won both the boys’ singles and boys’ doubles titles (the latter with Yu-hsiou Hsu) and became the first Chinese leader of the ITF Junior Rankings. What’s more, right after he took the two trophies in New York, he came back home and clinched his […]
Francisco Cerundolo showed incredible sportsmanship and conceded a point to Andy Murray in their US Open first-round match. Francisco Cerundolo gives point to Andy Murray The Argentine and the Brit were battling it out in the first set with former winner Murray leading 5-4. With Cerundolo serving to stay in the set the Brit secured […]
Day 1 at the 2022 US Open saw plenty of exciting action and some incredible upsets, with two Top 10 seeds sent packing in completely stunning fashion. There were also quite a few five-set matches that were on the knife edge until the very end. US Open Day 1 Recap Who looked good Nick Kyrgios […]
Andrey Rublev enters the 2022 US Open looking to rid himself of the poor form that has plagued him throughout the past few months. The 24-year-old is the #9 overall seed at this event, marking the third straight year he has earned a Top 10 seed in New York. Rublev had a blistering start to […]
Serena Williams is not ready to retire yet! In just her fifth singles match of 2022, Serena came out looking sharp and defeated Danka Kovinić in straight sets. Most surprising is how sharp Serena looked considering she has won just one match since last June. Serena seemed to be rusty starting the match, getting into […]
The farewell tour will go on for at least another match as Serena Williams booked her spot in the second round of the US Open with a 6-3 6-3 win over Danka Kovinic. There was an electric atmosphere inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, the capacity crowd was fully engaged from the very first point, unlike any […]
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The top half of the ATP Miami draw is set for the quarterfinals with plenty of star power on display. The first match features Jannick Sinner who seems to be in elite form right now and has a real chance at the title, against unseeded Emil Ruusuvuori, who is playing in his first career Masters […]
The second day of WTA quarterfinal matches are set in Miami. Petra Kvitova is playing excellent tennis again at age 33 and takes on another veteran in Ekaterina Alexandrova hoping to have a chance to fight for her first WTA 1000 title. The only unseeded quarterfinalist, Sorana Cirstea, faces a difficult test in the dominant […]
10th seed Jannik Sinner of Italy thrashed 6th seed Andrey Rublev of Russia 6-2 6-4 in the fourth round of the Miami Open on Tuesday. It was a fantastic performance from the 21-year-old Italian, who offered no respite to his opponent on the day. The match lasted for a little more than an hour, as […]
Lorenzo Sonego of Italy beat 12th seed Frances Tiafoe of the United States 6-3 6-4 in what turned out to be a minor upset in the third round of the Miami Open on Monday. The match was over within a couple of hours, a temporary rain-delay notwithstanding. The 27-year-old Sonego will face Francisco Cerundolo of […]
After a rain-delayed night session, the third round at ATP Miami has been played out in full and we are down to the final 16 including some surprising faces such as Christopher Eubanks, Adrian Mannarino, or Quentin Halys. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match. Who will reach the quarterfinals? […]
Bianca Andreescu suffered a horrific ankle injury in her fourth-round match at the 2023 Miami Open. With Andreescu trailing by a set to Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova, the Canadian rolled her ankle in the third game of the second set. Andreescu was inconsolable as she screamed frightfully in front of a small pocket of fans on […]
After starting 2023 with a promising quarterfinal in Adelaide against Novak Djokovic, Denis Shapovalov has since continued the vein of form that summarised his previous year on the tour. The Canadian has posted a 2-5 Win/Loss record since the Australian Open. Much of the showings in the early hard court swing have been hugely disappointing, […]
Talk about a day’s play in Miami. Lucky fans at the Hard Rock Stadium will get the chance to see a first meeting between Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune, a revenge match between Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul and a bludgeoning affair between Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev. The round of 16 is dripping with […]
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