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With his fifth ace of the first set in his third round Wimbledon match against Jannik Sinner (he was defeated by Sinner in straight sets), American John Isner broke Ivo Karlovic’s all-time record for aces in a career. A combination of longevity, success, and a massive serve from his 6’10” (208 cm) frame has allowed […] READ MORE
It was only 20 months ago that Dominic Thiem won a maiden Grand Slam at the US Open, after previously reaching three finals (two of them at Roland Garros), but it’d be an understatement to say things have gone south since. The Austrian came into Paris on the back of ten consecutive defeats dating back […] READ MORE
We have predictions for all of the US Open day 1 matches including Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov’s opening matches in this set of previews. Yesh Ginsburg, Steen Kirby, and Damian Kust take a look at a packed day in New York. Evgeny Donskoy vs Felix Auger-Aliassime Embed from Getty Images Damian: Auger-Aliassime is often […] READ MORE
After a one year Covid induced hiatus, the US Open Qualifying Tournament returns to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center starting Tuesday, August 24th. 128 men and 128 women, world class players ranked outside the top 100 as of mid-July, will play to grab one of the 16 available qualifying spots in their respective […] READ MORE
The US Open Men’s Qualifying Tournament, one of the wildest events of the season, is finally here after it was canceled in 2020 due to pandemic concerns. 128 players will battle for 16 main draw spots during four thrilling days of action. It actually seems that this year might be even more unpredictable than the […] READ MORE
Daniil Medvedev is a player on the rise. A member of the “NextGen,” Medvedev won his biggest tournament last November at the season ending World Tour finals in London. He also became the first player to defeat the top 3 seeds to win the ATP Finals, which is a great achievement. This year Medvedev has […] READ MORE
On Tuesday, we close out the first round at ATP Los Cabos with six entertaining matches. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match, including Jordan Thompson vs Ivo Karlovic. We predict the other three matches in a separate article. Who will advance to the second round? ATP Los […] READ MORE
Day 3 of the ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport will see the entire second round. The grass season concludes, and we have some very good grass players to watch on Wednesday. We at LWOT are predicting every match for you, as always. Who do you think will win? We also have the […] READ MORE
Day 2 of the ATP Hall of Fame Championships will see seven matches take place, including the debut of former champion Ivo Karlovic. We predict four of the matches in this article and the other three in a separate article. ATP Newport Day 2 Predictions Yasutaka Uchiyama vs Sebastian Ofner Head-to-head: Ofner 1-0 Uchiyama Both […] READ MORE
In Tour-level matches before this year’s Wimbledon, Denis Kudla owned a win/loss record of 35% (53-99). That is combined of a rather dreadful 29% on hard courts (26-64) and 26% on clay (5-14). While Kudla has enjoyed a lot of success on other surfaces on the Challenger circuit (five titles and eight runner-up finishes on […] READ MORE
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