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Day four at the Rio De Janeiro Open and things are starting to heat up. We have plenty of matches to sink our teeth into including the towering Nicolas Jarry’s fight against Pedro Martinez, veteran Albert Ramos-Vinolas’s match-up against Daniel Elahi Galan and the battle between clay-court stalwarts Laslo Djere and Dusan Lajovic. We also […] READ MORE
Day four at the Rio De Janeiro Open and things are starting to heat up. We have plenty of matches to sink our teeth into including clay-court specialist Sebastian Baez’s match-up against red-hot Juan Pablo Varillas, South American Francisco Cerundolo’s bout against the plucky Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles and top seed Carlos Alcaraz’s battle against […] READ MORE
Carlos Alcaraz made a winning return to the ATP Tour, after being on the sidelines since November with two separate injuries. Alcaraz won his seventh career title at the ATP 250 event in Buenos Aires, dropping only one set along the way, beating British #1 Cameron Norrie in the final. 💥💪🏻 https://t.co/qwiUg5m9iT — Carlos Alcaraz […] READ MORE
After an impressive comeback title from Carlos Alcaraz in Buenos Aires, the Golden Swing moves on to the ATP Rio Open, a 500-level event, where the Spanish world #2 will once again be the man to beat. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match, including Dominic Thiem vs Thiago Monteiro. […] READ MORE
The quarterfinals are all set to go in ATP Rio. Previews and predictions of the matches are here including Fabio Fognini vs Federico Coria. READ MORE
Day 3 at the ATP Rio Open sees the second round get underway. Previews and predictions here include Pablo Carreno Busta vs Fabio Fognini. READ MORE
Day 2 at the Rio Open sees the first round almost completed. Matches previewed here include Francisco Cerundolo vs Benoit Paire. READ MORE
Juan Martin del Potro is looking to begin the comeback trail in February. The 2009 US Open Champion fractured his knee on the grass courts of Queens Club in 2019. The Argentine has not played a match since. The former World #3 announced on Instagram the intention to play in Rio and Buenos Aires. Financial […] READ MORE
There’s no doubt Felix Auger-Aliassime is a talented tennis player. At just 20 years old, the young Canadian is currently ranked 21 in the world. As such, it’s no surprise he’s already made six ATP Tour finals. What is surprising though is that he is yet to win one. Winning a tour-level title is no […] READ MORE
After rain disrupted the schedule on quarterfinals day at the Rio Open, the second semifinal was not set until earlier today, leaving two of the remaining four players little turnaround time. Nonetheless, there should be plenty of entertaining action for the fans to enjoy in Rio de Janeiro, with two intriguing semifinal matches on the […] READ MORE
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