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With the Australian Open done and dusted and the men’s tour inactive until the Davis Cup weekend, all eyes turn to the women’s events for the week. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match including Petra Martic vs Kristina Mladenovic. Who do you think will win? WTA Lyon Day 1 […]
When Elena Rybakina won the 2022 edition of Wimbledon, she was flying under the radar until the tournament’s latter stages. The Kazakh was seeded 17th and had never been past the quarterfinal stage of a Grand Slam event. Her game was perfect for the conditions though and she played a near-flawless fortnight to make sure […]
Camila Giorgi has been forced to deny that she faked her Covid vaccine certificate in order to attend the Australian Open last year. The former top 30 player has been caught up in the drama, after doctor Daniela Grillone was arrested last February and has since been charged with administering fake serums. Giorgi was brought […]
An Andy Murray thriller and a Daniel Medvedev domination later, and we find ourselves at Round 2 in Melbourne. So hold onto your hats as we take a look at the action to look forward to on Day 3 of the Australian Open: What to Expect on Day 3 at the Australian Open Daniel to […]
Ahead of the first Grand Slam of 2023, five Last Word on Tennis writers – Vithun Illankovan (@VitIllankovan), Damian Kust (@damiankust), Jack Edward, Shane Black, and Jakub Bobro – make their Australian Open predictions for the Women’s Singles tournament. We will also have a separate roundtable for the Men’s Singles. Champion Who will win the […]
Just days after pulling out of the 2023 Australian Open, four-time Grand Slam Champion Naomi Osaka took to social media to announce she is pregnant and will miss the entirety of the 2023 season. The announcement has brought to an end speculation that Osaka might be seeking time away from the sport having fallen out […]
Caroline Garcia is the top seed in a packed draw in the second Adelaide International tournament, that features six Grand Slam champions. Garcia was originally the fourth seed, but Iga Swiatek (right shoulder injury), Ons Jabeur (lower back injury), and Jessica Pegula (change of schedule) all withdrew after the draw was made. The draw also […]
Following my popular article last year, I will once again be giving my WTA predictions for the upcoming 2023 season. In this article, I shall be giving my predictions on the biggest tournaments of the year (the Grand Slams and WTA Finals). So without further ado, here are my predictions. What do you think will […]
Legendary WTA star Martina Navratilova has revealed that she has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. Martina Navratilova diagnosed with two forms of cancer 18 times grand slam singles champion Martina Navratilova has revealed that she has been diagnosed with both throat and breast cancer. The WTA icon was due to travel to Australia […]
With the 2023 WTA season fast approaching, let’s take a look at the contenders for the big titles. Iga Swiatek What a year for Iga Swiatek! Swiatek started 2022 ranked #9, and finished the year as the dominant #1. That is some transition, but of course there are mitigating factors. That factor being Ash Barty, […]
As we arrive at the beginning of the year, I will once again be giving my WTA predictions for the upcoming 2023 season. In this article, I shall be giving my predictions on what the rankings will look like in 12 months time. So without further ado here are my predictions… 2023 WTA Predictions 10. […]
2022 was an incredibly volatile year for professional tennis. Here are five crazy moments that stand out. Five Crazy Tennis Moments in 2022 Novak Djokovic expelled from Australia This is one of the more bizarre events in tennis history, never mind 2022. Novak Djokovic is one of the game’s greatest players and record winner of […]
Coco Gauff had in many ways an extraordinary season in 2022; the teenager had quite the breakthrough season and reached her first Slam final at Roland Garros, as well as a career high ranked of #4. After starting the year #22, she finished #7 and played in the WTA Finals, where she looked a bit […]
Iga Swiatek finishes 2022 as the year-end #1 after completing one of the better seasons in WTA history. The highlights were endless but she accomplished several feats showing how great her season was. A season’s ending points total of 11,085 was the second highest to end a season in WTA history, behind only Serena Williams […]
With early losses to Shelby Rogers and Lesia Tsurenko in the warm-up events, things weren’t looking great for Elena Rybakina coming into Wimbledon. At least she was able to play it though as while she is of Russian origin and was born in Moscow, she has been representing Kazakhstan since 2018 and therefore didn’t get […]
Italian police have opened a criminal investigation that is alleged to involve Italian WTA player Camila Giorgi, a former top 30, and current top 70 ranked player. Giorgi has won three WTA titles in her career, including the 2021 Canadian Masters. Giorgi, age 30, is alleged to have obtained falsified COVID-19 vaccine records that would […]
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All four ATP Challenger Tour events of the past week were held in Europe this time around. Ricardas Berankis and Alessandro Giannessi got back into the winners’ circle after a period of struggle, while Jurij Rodionov and Hugo Grenier just keep piling up Challenger titles in the last couple of years. Three of the four […]
We are down to the final 16 women at WTA Miami, crossing over into the second week of the event. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match. Who do you think will win? WTA Miami Day 7 Predictions Sorana Cirstea vs Marketa Vondrousova Head-to-head: Cirstea 1-1 Vondrousova Making her first […]
Eight matches are in store at the Miami Open on Monday, Day 6 of ATP play. Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will play his first match at the tournament when he squares off against Cristian Garin. We also predict the rest of the day’s matches in a separate article. Who will reach the fourth round in […]
As we round up the first week of the ATP Miami Open, the draw is starting to take its expected shape. But we have seen a handful of upsets already with some unexpected matchups in the remaining third-round matches. We also predict the rest of the day’s matches in a separate article. So who will […]
It’s Day 7 of the WTA Miami Open and we’re down to the Round of 16. Things are really starting to heat up with a huge hitting affair between Qinwen Zheng and Anastasia Potapova and an intriguing encounter between Australian Open semifinalist Magda Linette and super-consistent Jesscia Pegula taking place. As always at LWOT, we’ve […]
Fourth seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia beat Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain 6-1 6-2 in a second-round match of the Miami Open on Saturday. The match lasted for a little more than an hour, as the 27-year-old Russian had little difficulty in registering a victory. Medvedev will take on Alex Molcan of Slovakia in the […]
The first weekend of the ATP Miami Open is upon us as the best players in the world have gathered in South Florida looking to win one of the most prestigious events on the Tour calendar. Day five features high-level third-round ATP matches, including World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz vs Dusan Lajovic. As always, we […]
The first weekend of the ATP Miami Open is upon us as the best players in the world have gathered in South Florida looking to win one of the most prestigious events on the Tour calendar. Day five features high-level third-round ATP matches, including top-ranked American Taylor Fritz vs Denis Shapovalov. As always, we at […]
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