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The third round of the WTA singles event at the 2023 Italian Open begins on Saturday in Rome. Can Caroline Garcia leave the tough match from two days ago behind her and produce a better performance? Who will win the all-Russian clash of Anastasia Potapova and Veronika Kudermetova, which is a repeat from Madrid? We […] READ MORE
Day 3 at the WTA 1000 in Rome will see the debut of many of the seeds. It’s the first edition of this tournament played over two weeks and this second round should bring plenty of exciting matches, with lower ranked players doing their utmost to upset the seeds. We predict all of the day’s […] READ MORE
Sloane Stephens won the WTA 125K event at Saint-Malo last week. The next challenge for the American will be to carry that momentum over to the Italian Open in Rome. Can she get her campaign off to a good start against Nadia Podoroska? We share our thoughts on that match and all the rest of […] 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
Day 2 in Miami, at the second WTA 1000 of the year, won’t feature the seeds just yet, but it will have plenty of exciting action, including a face-off between two struggling former Grand Slam champions in Emma Raducanu and Bianca Andreescu, something very rare for the first round of an event. As always, we […] READ MORE
After two days off from both tours, Indian Wells will kick off with the unseeded players on Wednesday. There are still plenty of exciting players despite the lack of seeds on Day 1 of WTA Indian Wells, such as Linda Noskova, Linda Fruhvirtova, or Alycia Parks. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and […] READ MORE
The opening day of the WTA Monterrey Open will feature five first-round matches, headlined by second seed Marie Bouzkova squaring off against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. Who do you think will come out on top? WTA Monterrey Day 1 Predictions Caroline Dolehide vs Jule Niemeier Head-to-head: first meeting This is a matchup Jule Niemeier should win […] READ MORE
Main draw action at the inaugural WTA Merida Open in Mexico kicks off on Monday with a slew of first-round matches. As always, we here at LWOT have every match covered in our daily predictions, Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs Viktorija Golubic. But who will reach the second round? WTA Merida Day 1 Predictions Caty McNally vs […] READ MORE
Now approaching the halfway point of the WTA 250 tournament in Lyon, the draw is beginning to take shape and contenders are starting to stand out. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match. Who do you think will win? WTA Lyon Day 4 Predictions Anastasia Potapova vs Clara Burel Head-to-head: […] READ MORE
The second round starts on Day 3 of the Australian Open. We’ll see 16 women’s matches on Wednesday in Melbourne to determine who will move on to the next round. As always, we here at LastWordOnTennis will share our writers’ predictions on all the matches. We split the day’s matches between four articles. Our other […] READ MORE
Nurein is CPA by profession, but he is an ardent fan of tennis. When he is not crunching numbers, he loves nothing more than dissecting tennis matches. The first tennis match he watched was the Dubai final in 2006 between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, and he has since been hooked into the sport.