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The third round of both the women’s and men’s singles events start on Day 6 of the French Open. As always, our staff here at LWOT shares our thoughts on the matches with you. We split the Day 6 between this and a separate article. matches Predicting Friday’s matches are Jakub Bobro, Damian Kust, and […] READ MORE
The entertaining action is set to continue on day four at the French Open with the second round set to get underway. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Aryna Sabalenka vs Iryna Shymanovich, Jessica Pegula vs Camila Giorgi and Daria Kasatkina vs Marketa […] READ MORE
In what looks set to be an intriguing final at the WTA Strasbourg International, Elina Svitolina will take on Anna Blinkova for the title in Alsace-Lorraine. Both will be keen to continue building their momentum ahead of the French Open, whilst this match will likely have extra meaning for Svitolina as the first final she […] READ MORE
The biggest story of the 2023 WTA Internacionaux de Strasbourg so far has definitely been Elina Svitolina. The former World No. 3 is back into a WTA Tour semifinal and will be trying to repeat her title here from three years ago. Trying to stop her will be the home crowd favorite Clara Burel, while […] READ MORE
Day 4 at the WTA event in Strasbourg will provide plenty of exciting action, with all four quarterfinal matches being played. It’s a chance for the players remaining to keep fine tuning their game ahead of Roland Garros next week but, more importantly, a great chance to grab a WTA title with no top 20 […] READ MORE
Day 3 at the WTA event in Strasbourg will feature plenty of tight, exciting matches for sure. The field is depleted as usual in tournaments played the week before Slams; there’s not a single Top 20 player in the draw here, but that just provides an extra incentive for lower ranked players to fight for […] READ MORE
It’s the third day of the WTA 1000 in Rome and some of the tournament’s seeds are playing their first matches. In the battle of this decade’s active Australian Open winners, Aryna Sabalenka looks to continue her Madrid form against Sofia Kenin whilst this year’s Australian Open semifinalist Magda Linette comes up against up-and-comer Linda […] READ MORE
From one two-week WTA 1000 to another, we go from Madrid to Rome to start the whole process all over again. Though it’s another clay-court event, the conditions will be different than Stuttgart and Madrid, two faster events that kicked off the WTA clay season. We’ve tried to predict how some of the best players […] READ MORE
The WTA Tour has turned to the clay courts of Charleston, South Carolina, for the Credit One Charleston Open. This 500-level event includes a 56-woman draw featuring some of the world’s best players. On Day 3, No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula will take on 24-year-old Anna Blinkova. We at LWOT have the preview and prediction […] READ MORE
Sloane Stephens won the WTA 500 in Charleston back in 2016, but the former World No. 3 looks very far off that form at the moment. She’s facing Louisa Chirico in the opening round, can she kick off her campaign with a win? As always, we also predict the rest of the day’s matches. We […] READ MORE
A student from Poland, Damian is a connoisseur of the lower tiers of men's tennis and would probably watch the World No. 700 play a ferret if he could see it from the stands. Always pleased by a beautiful one-handed backhand or classic volleying technique.