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As Andrea Pellegrino’s leaping backhand-down-the-line sailed wide, Dmitry Popko stayed cool as a cucumber. He calmly walked up to the net as if it were the first round of an ITF match, yet it was the biggest title of the 24-year-old Kazakh’s career. Popko had won the Lisbon Challenger with a 6-2 6-4 win over […] READ MORE
Naomi Osaka has an aura of her own, which is evident from her media and on-court interviews. The World No. 2 and four-time Grand Slam champion slammed a door on any more of that when she announced via social media that she won’t be participating in the mandatory interviews at the French Open. It’s a […] READ MORE
New Grand Slam winners have become something of a regular occurrence on the women’s tour. Only Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep have won multiple Grand Slams since 2017. In that time we’ve had seven first time winners. The most recent name added to that list is Iga Świątek. Her victory at Roland Garros in 2020 […] READ MORE
What were you doing when you were 14 years old? For many, the early teenage years was filled with activities such as video games, pick-up football in the local park, and trips to the mall. However, for 14 year-old Clara Tauson, it was taking down a seasoned pro in a professional tennis tournament. For Tauson […] READ MORE
If there’s anything good that has come to the tennis world by the coronavirus pandemic, it’s that us tennis fans have been further exposed to the depth on the WTA and ATP Tours. Names such as Alycia Parks, Felix Corwin, and Liam Draxl, who many might have known much about (if anything at all) have all showcases […] READ MORE
COVID-19 has caused the tennis world to come to a halt. All tournaments, whether they be Wimbledon or an ITF $15k, have been cancelled until July 13th, at the earliest. Yet the impact across the tennis world will not be so uniform. Roger Federer was injured going into the coronavirus pandemic, but even so, with […] READ MORE
Tennis television producer Rob Heath speaks to LWOT about his experiences in the game and gives us the inside track on top players and tournaments. READ MORE
Wimbledon 2020 is no more, the illustrious tennis championships cancelled for the first time since 1945, with Great Britain and the rest of the world enduring the most disruptive period since World War 2 due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was not unexpected, with tennis facing perhaps the most pressure of any sport […] READ MORE
Britain’s Daily Mail is reporting that Wimbledon is set to be cancelled for 2020 on Wednesday by the AELTC due to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic that is severely impacting Great Britain and the rest of the world. The 2020 Wimbledon Championships were originally scheduled for June 29-July 12th, and at one point the […] READ MORE
The Last Word on Tennis podcast is back with a tennis trivia special. What better way to while away the hours when the tennis is absent? Join us and see how you get on! READ MORE
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