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Tomas Martin Etcheverry had every reason to have an early exit in this past week’s Cordenons Challenger. He had just won the title in Trieste the week before, the second Challenger title of his career. His first Challenger singles title wasn’t too long ago either–he won the Perugia Challenger in July in his maiden run. […] READ MORE
The tennis world has been dominated by the “Big 3” for the last 17 years or so. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have 20 Grand Slams each. While Djokovic and Nadal are still the dominant players in the world right now, there have been signs of a changing of the guard. Daniil Medvedev, […] READ MORE
Day 5 at the ATP Geneva Open will be a long one for some players. All four quarterfinals will be held on Thursday, but two of Wednesday’s Round of 16 matches weren’t yet completed due to rain. We will try to edit in the last two quarterfinals to this article once they’re set, but for […] READ MORE
Pablo Andujar defeated top seed Roger Federer in an epic three match set and almost two-hour battle, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. The Spaniard looked sharp and focused from the first point, trying to dictate play on his preferred surface. On the other side of the net, Federer was playing his first clay court match and tournament […] READ MORE
Although home hope and all-time great Roger Federer made an earlier than expected exit, losing in the second round, there should be plenty of entertaining tennis still to come at the ATP Geneva Open. There are seven matches scheduled for day four in Switzerland and, as ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our […] READ MORE
We had another two up-and-coming winners on the Challenger circuit this week. 2020 Roland Garros juniors champion Dominic Stephan Stricker and 20-year-old Zizou Bergs carry a lot of similarities – all-round, pleasing to watch games with very little hesitation. They were joined in the winners’ circuit by Nikola Milojevic, one of the most solid Challenger […] READ MORE