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We enter the first Sunday in Rome with a loaded slate of high-level matches at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia 1000 event. The clay in the capital of Italy has been playing slow, leading to grueling three+ hour matches of back-and-forth tennis. Day 6 features some terrific matchups, including No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek taking on veteran […] READ MORE
Can Paula Badosa be one of the dark horses at the 2023 WTA Italian Open in Rome? The Spaniard started her clay season extremely well with at least two wins in every event (Charleston, Stuttgart, and Madrid). Can she keep it going? To kick things off, she faces Anna-Lena Friedsam. We share our thoughts on […] READ MORE
It’s the fourth day at the WTA 1000 in Madrid and things are heating up. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova might have a real chance in her comeback against struggling top ten player Daria Kasatkina whilst a big-hitting affair between Anna Kalinskaya and Elena Rybakina promises plenty of quality. As always at LWOT, we’ve looked to predict these […] READ MORE
The WTA 1000 in Madrid promises some great matches on only Day 2 of main draw play. To name a couple, both Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elina Svitolina are continuing their comebacks against Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, respectively. We’ve tried to predict the outcomes of these first rounds and others on Day 2. We’ve […] READ MORE
It promises to be an entertaining day of tennis at the WTA Charleston Open with four intriguing matches on the slate in South Carolina and plenty of motivation for the eight players left in contention. After all, the French Open is looming increasingly large on the horizon. As always, we here at LWOT will be […] READ MORE
There are eight matches on the slate on day four at the WTA Charleston Open and, as always, we here at LWOT have every match covered in our daily predictions, including Madison Keys vs Magda Linette. But who will secure their place in the quarterfinals in South Carolina? WTA Charleston Day 4 Predictions Victoria Azarenka […] READ MORE
There are plenty of exciting first-round matchups on the Day 1 schedule of the 2023 WTA Credit One Charleston Open. 2009 champion Sabine Lisicki has qualified and takes on Caroline Dolehide, while Anna Kalinskaya plays Anhelina Kalinina. As always, we also predict the rest of the day’s matches. We split them between this and three […] READ MORE
Second-round action gets underway at the WTA Miami Open on Thursday, Day 3 of the event. Newly-crowned Indian Wells champion Elena Rybakina faces a tough test in her opener taking on Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya. We have predictions of four matches from a jam-packed Day 3 of the tournament in this article. Who will advance into […] READ MORE
After an exciting finish to Indian Wells where Elena Rybakina lifted the trophy and got her revenge over Aryna Sabalenka, we kick off WTA Miami with the traditional first round of unseeded players. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match. Who will get to face the seeds? WTA Miami Day […] READ MORE
Seeds come into play on Day 3 of the 2023 WTA BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. How many will survive their first tests in the event? Can Karolina Pliskova blast her way through Anna Kalinskaya? Who do you think will prevail? WTA Indian Wells Day 3 Predictions Anastasia Potapova vs Wang Xiyu Head-to-head: […] 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.