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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
The stars of Czech tennis take to the court on day 6 at the Australian Open with Karolina Muchova again meeting Karolina Pliskova in a Grand Slam. Our panel of Jim Smith, Damian Kust, and Fraser Learmonth offer their predictions for this and other matches. Elina Svitolina vs Yulia Putintseva Embed from Getty Images Damian: […] 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
Belinda Bencic takes on Lauren Davis to open her Australian Open campaign, while Sloane Stephens will square off with Yulia Putintseva. As ever, we here at LWOT are offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Garbine Muguruza vs Margarita Gasparyan, Sofia Kenin vs Maddison Inglis, Ash Barty vs Danka Kovinic, Karolina Muchova […] READ MORE
The action in Melbourne in the lead up to the Australian Open will continue on day two at the WTA Yarra Valley Classic, with a number of the big guns joining the fray. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions, including for Serena Williams’ clash with Daria Gavrilova. But who will […] READ MORE
The 2021 WTA Abu Dhabi Open will feature 12 matches of main draw action on Day 1. We predict all of those matches, with four of them in this article. The other eight can be found in two other articles, one featuring Daria Kasatkina vs Qiang Wang, the other headlining Maria Sakkari vs Anastasia Potapova. […] READ MORE
With the coronavirus pandemic having played havoc with the tennis calendar, the WTA Ostrava Open is in the unusual position of being the penultimate tournament of the WTA season, with the only event to follow the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. Fortunately, that has seen a strong field arrive in the Czech Republic for this WTA […] READ MORE
First and foremost, the J&T Banka Ostrava Open is full of star stellar players. In its inaugural year it is jam packed with the top players from around the world. With just a few tournaments left in the women’s calendar, the players will look to play as much tennis as they can. Here are the […] READ MORE
The final matches of the first round at the French Open are set to be played on day three and there should be plenty of exciting tennis for the fans in Paris. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match, including Aryna Sabalenka vs Jessica Pegula, Karolina Pliskova vs […] READ MORE
The 2020 WTA Italian Open will begin in unusual circumstances, moved from its traditional place in the calendar to the autumn. But, with the French Open looming large on the horizon, there will be no shortage of star power on display in Rome. On day one, 24 players will battle for a spot in the […] READ MORE