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Day 4 at the WTA 1000 in Rome will feature the debut of many of the seeds, including some Top 10 players and former Grand Slam champions. It’s the first edition of this tournament played over two weeks, which gives a different dynamic than usual to the second round, with unseeded players having the confidence […] 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 Day 4 at the WTA 1000 in Madrid and things are heating up. Barbora Krejcikova will be looking to remind everybody how she won the French Open in 2021 against Danka Kovinic whilst Victoria Azarenka is due to clash against up-and-coming American star Alycia Parks. As always at LWOT, we’ve looked to predict these […] READ MORE
The action continues in Caja Magica, bringing us the first WTA 1000 of the clay season. Could the faster conditions threaten Swiatek and play into Sabalenka’s cards? As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match. Who do you think will win? WTA Madrid Day 2 Predictions Alycia Parks vs Anna Karolina […] 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
Day 2 at the first WTA 1000 event of the season, in Indian Wells, won’t feature the seeds yet, but it should feature plenty of exciting matches with unpredictable outcomes. One of the main attractions of the day will be 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu, who keeps trying to regain the kind of level […] READ MORE
Indian Wells is back in full swing with another day packed with first-round WTA matches. Several Americans are playing, including veteran Madison Brengle and young talent Peyton Stearns. 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu takes the court in her first match since the Australian Open after an injury layoff. Every one of the day’s matches […] READ MORE
The inaugural WTA ATX Open in Austin, Texas, will be the first WTA Tour-level tournament to be played on U.S. soil this year. And there will be a slew of entertaining matchups throughout the week. Day 1 is headlined by the presence of rising star Alycia Parks, who will play Swedish wild card Mirjam Bjorklund. […] READ MORE
Alycia Parks won her first WTA< title, in Lyon, beating top seed and home favorite Caroline Garcia in the final, 7-6(7) 7-5. Parks has now extended her indoor unbeaten run to 15 consecutive matches, dating back to a WTA challenger in Andorra last year. Parks rose to the attention of tennis fans last year in […] READ MORE
The quarterfinals are set in Lyon and it has been an exciting tournament with plenty of upsets. Just three seeds reached the final eight including only one of the top four. However, top-seed Caroline Garcia is still alive and the clear favorite to win her twelfth career title. There is a lot of youth on […] READ MORE
Ryan Schick is currently working as a Field Engineer in South Texas, USA and lives in Houston. He graduated from USC in Los Angeles, California. He is a passionate tennis fan whenever not at work and enjoys following the tour weekly. He hopes to get more involved in the sport in a professional sense in the future.