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
Note: Please excuse any potential slight issues to our appearance as our site is currently undergoing maintenance. Also, make sure to look at out brand new message boards. The Italian Open, moved from its usual spot in the calendar to the autumn due to the coronavirus pandemic, will begin on Monday. A number of star […] READ MORE
The US Open wraps up its third round on Saturday. Who will advance to Monday’s fourth round? We’re here at LWOT to predict every match. We look at four of the matches in this article, and the other four in a second article. Predicting today’s matches are Jim Smith, Damian Kust, and myself (Yesh Ginsburg). […] READ MORE
Day 4 of the US Open means the second round is finishing. There are 16 matches on Thursday, and we’re here to predict all of them. Who will move on to the third round? In addition to this set of predictions, we also have three more groups. One features Serena Williams vs Margarita Gasparyan, the […] READ MORE
Day 2 of the US Open produced some great tennis and extremely close matches. There was the loss of two seeds (Veronika Kudermetova and Shuai Zhang) at the tournament, but neither was expected to mount too much of a challenge for the title this year. Serena Williams and defending Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin advanced […] READ MORE
Day 2 of the US Open sees the first round wrap up on Tuesday. We at LWOT are predicting as many of the matches as we can. In fact, we’re predicting 28 of the day’s 32 scheduled matches. Each set of predictions looks at four matches. That means that we have six more sets in […] READ MORE
Following a five-month hiatus, tour level tennis has returned. The Palermo Ladies Open kicked off its 31st edition on August 3. No sell-out crowds in Palermo – the coronavirus is limiting fans. It’s remarkable to see such high profile players entered in this small clay court tournament – a tournament whose entry limited the field […] READ MORE