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With the drama and intrigue of the Australian Open behind us, the 2021 WTA Tour is under way in earnest. Iga Swiatek picked up the second trophy of her bright young career in Adelaide last week. Now all eyes turn to Doha and Lyon, with two quality fields of women hoping to add their names […] READ MORE
Both Elise Mertens and Ekaterina Alexandrova are in red hot form at the 2021 Australian Open, but against Belinda Bencic and Ash Barty, they will face their toughest challenges thus far with a spot in the second week of a Grand Slam on the line. Our panel of Jim Smith, Fraser Learmonth and Damian Kust […] READ MORE
Our panel of Yesh Ginsburg and Jim Smith offer their predictions for day 4 matches at the 2021 Australian Open including Karolina Pliskova vs Danielle Collins. Karolina Pliskova vs Danielle Collins Embed from Getty Images Jim: This should be a real test of Pliskova’s title credentials in Melbourne. She made an excellent start to her […] READ MORE
Day 2 at the Australian Open features Jelena Ostapenko among the big names in action. As ever, we here at LWOT are making our picks for every match on the slate, including Garbine Muguruza vs Margarita Gasparyan, Sofia Kenin vs Maddison Inglis, Ash Barty vs Danka Kovinic, Karolina Pliskova vs Jasmine Paolini, Belinda Bencic vs […] READ MORE
The final four women at the WTA Gippsland Trophy have been determined. There was a cloud of uncertainty surrounding proceedings on Thursday, causing all quarterfinal matches to be postponed. Tennis Australia, in consultation with WTA, have introduced a new scoring system in order to shorten matches and beat Sunday’s deadline of completing all warm-up events. […] READ MORE
The final eight women at the 2021 WTA Gippsland Trophy have been confirmed. That includes the top two seeds at the event. Who will advance into the semifinals on what promises to be a day of high-octane tennis at Melbourne Park? WTA Gippsland Quarterfinal Predictions Elina Svitolina vs Elise Mertens Head-to-head: Svitolina 3-1 Mertens Svitolina […] READ MORE
The round of 32 for the WTA Gippsland Trophy gets underway with tournament favorite Naomi Osaka on the match card. Here are your daily preview and predictions. Katie Boulter vs Naomi Osaka Osaka is 2-0 against Boulter in their careers, in her first tour match since the US Open, Osaka eased past Alize Cornet while […] READ MORE
Sunday saw the start of the WTA Gippsland Trophy, one of the six events going on at Melbourne Park over the next week. With a number of first round matches complete, the remainder are going to be completed on day two, with a number of second round matches also to be played. As ever, we here […] READ MORE
It has been an entertaining start to the week at the inaugural WTA Abu Dhabi Open, with a number of thrilling matches and some fine individual performances. Now, as the tournament approaches the business end, every player will surely be desperate to make their mark. As ever, we here at LWOT are offering our predictions […] READ MORE
The Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open will kick off the 2021 season on Wedneday. A strong field is assembled for this WTA 500 tournament, led by top seed Sofia Kenin. Here’s a look at four intriguing first round matches, and our thoughts on who will be moving through to the second round. We’re predicting […] READ MORE