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Every week, LastWordOnTennis will highlight a player to keep an eye on as tournaments are played around the world. This week’s selection is Iga Swiatek. Though the Madrid Masters finished at the hands of Aryna Sabalenka only last Saturday, the tennis calendar is so tightly packed that the Italian Open has already begun. The field […] READ MORE
The WTA Madrid tournament on clay, one of the highlights of the 2021 WTA Tour season begins with Day 1 action featuring the likes of Ash Barty, Ons Jabeur and Belinda Bencic. We preview and predict four matches in this article. We also have the rest of the day’s matches split between three other articles. […] READ MORE
Ashleigh Barty is the deserving world #1. Any doubt over whether that was the case should have been eradicated in Miami earlier this month. If she still had any doubters after defending her title there, they have surely been silenced now. The Aussie is the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix champion after a brilliant week […] READ MORE
American tennis fans still have home of a home champion in the WTA Charleston tournament with Coco Gauff and Sloane Stephens in Friday’s quarterfinal matches. Top seed Ash Barty will also be in action. Here are all your predictions. Ash Barty vs Paula Badosa Embed from Getty Images Badosa is 9-6 in 2021 and this […] READ MORE
Australian star and #1 seed Ashleigh Barty seemed to be cruising to an easy, expected win after a dominant 6-1 first set victory over Karolina Muchova. Up a break at 2-1 in the second set, the end was in sight when Muchova took a medical time out after not feeling well. Whether she lost her […] READ MORE
American women could breakthrough into the quarterfinals on day 8 of the Australian Open, but they all face tough matches with Shelby Rogers taking on Australia’s #1 Ash Barty, Jessica Pegula against Elina Svitolina, and Jennifer Brady against Donna Vekic. Our panel of Damian Kust and Steen Kirby offer their predictions. Ash Barty vs Shelby […] READ MORE
Both Elise Mertens and Ekaterina Alexandrova are in red hot form at the 2021 Australian Open, but against Belinda Bencic and Ash Barty, they will face their toughest challenges thus far with a spot in the second week of a Grand Slam on the line. Our panel of Jim Smith, Fraser Learmonth and Damian Kust […] READ MORE
The first two rounds of the Australian Open are done and dusted. Fans, analysts and experts alike now have a pretty good idea of who the favourites are to win the tournament. In the top half of the draw only three top ten players remain. Ashleigh Barty is the only Grand Slam winner among them. […] READ MORE
Our panel of Steen Kirby and Fraser Learmonth predict an exciting day 4 at the Australian Open with top Aussies Ash Barty and Daria Gavrilova set to do battle. Ash Barty vs Daria Gavrilova Embed from Getty Images Fraser: We’ll see if anyone can stop Ashleigh Barty this fortnight but the top seed is looking […] READ MORE
Hopes for a home slam victory are pinned on Australian #1 Ash Barty, she starts her Australian Open campaign against Danka Kovinic. As ever, we here at LWOT are making our picks for every match on the slate, including Garbine Muguruza vs Margarita Gasparyan, Sofia Kenin vs Maddison Inglis, Karolina Muchova vs Jelena Ostapenko, Karolina […] READ MORE