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Five of the top eight seeds in Hamburg have made it to the quarterfinals. Joining those five are two players who have won WTA titles on clay in recent months, meaning Thursday’s matches should be full of high quality tennis. The likes of Anett Kontaveit and Barbora Krejcikova remain the favourites to win it all. […] READ MORE
Andrey Rublev will find himself in the final of the Hamburg European Open for the second year in a row. The Russian, who lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili in three sets in the title match in last year’s edition, defeated Casper Ruud 6-4 6-2 on Saturday. The Norwegian, who last week made the semifinals at the […] READ MORE
After recent disappointments at the US Open and the Italian Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas is looking for a good warm-up in Hamburg. The Greek hasn’t been past round four at Roland Garros but he made an ATP Masters 1000 final on clay last year. Before losing to Novak Djokovic in the championship match, he made a […] READ MORE
There should be no shortage of entertaining action on day four at the ATP Hamburg Open, with three seeded players set to battle for a place in the quarterfinals. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for all four matches on the slate in Germany. But who will advance? ATP Hamburg […] READ MORE
In the first two months of the season, Gael Monfils compiled a stunning 16-3 win/loss record. The Frenchman’s only losses came at the hands of Australian Open finalists, Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem. Monfils also managed to pick up two main-tour titles at Montpellier and Rotterdam. In his last tournament before the pandemic break, Monfils […] READ MORE
Andrey Rublev’s big clay-court breakthrough came back in 2017 at the Croatian Open. The Russian lost his final round of qualifying match against Attila Balazs, but was fortunate enough to make the main draw as a lucky loser. Wins over players like Fabio Fognini or Paolo Lorenzi (back then the world No. 34) gave him […] READ MORE
With Roland Garros just a week away, every player in the field at the ATP Hamburg Open will surely be desperate to gather some potentially vital momentum ahead of the third Major of the year. There should be no shortage of excitement on day two in Hamburg as a result and we here at LWOT […] READ MORE