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Japan takes on Poland in a Davis Cup tie at the beautiful venue of Bourbon Beans Dome in Miki, (That’s where the Kobe Challenger is held too). Is there any way the home team loses this one with a much stronger roster and the advantage of playing in front of their crowd? Who do you […] READ MORE
Flavio Cobolli and Paul Jubb were the new winners on the ATP Challenger Tour this week. Meanwhile, Quentin Halys is inching closer and closer to debuting in the top 100 with a title at Lille. With four events across two continents and two different surfaces, it was tough to follow everything closely. Read back on […] READ MORE
Day 2 of the ATP Montpellier event on the French indoor courts features a whole bunch of home favourites, including former top 10 players Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga alongside talented youngster Hugo Gaston. ATP Montpellier Day 2 Predictions Filip Krajinovic vs Alexei Popyrin Head-to-head: 0-0 When Popyrin won his maiden ATP title in Singapore […] READ MORE
Eight first-round matches are lined up on the schedule at the ATP Gstaad Open on Day two. We here at LWOT are offering our predictions for all eight matches on what promises to be a long and action-packed day, including Federico Delbonis vs Leandro Riedi. Who will make it to the second round? ATP Gstaad […] 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
While it feels like Roland Garros just concluded, in professional tennis, the calendar waits for no one. The Wimbledon men’s qualifying draw will kick off this week in Roehampton! With grass as much more of a “novelty” surface nowadays, the players that stand out in this draw might not be the same as other surfaces. […] READ MORE
Another exciting week of action on the ATP Challenger Tour has come to an end, with two newly crowned champions making their debuts in the top 200, whilst in Saturday saw a high-profile final in Belgrade. Here’s a look back at what you might have missed: ATP Challenger Tour Weekly Recap Belgrade Having disappointed in […] READ MORE
The ATP Challenger Tour circuit stopped in Saint Petersburg and Biella this week and, as always, there was plenty of entertaining action. A maiden champion was crowned in Russia, whilst in Italy the title went to a more established name. Here’s a recap of what you might have missed: ATP Challenger Tour Weekly Recap Saint […] READ MORE
Tennis is back on the map, hopefully for a much more “normal” season than 2020 turned out to be. The ATP Tour starts in Antalya and Delray Beach. As always in the first week after a break, everyone is on a bit of a clean slate and not much should be considered a certainty. Who […] READ MORE
A student from Poland, Damian is a connoisseur of the lower tiers of men's tennis and would probably watch the World No. 700 play a ferret if he could see it from the stands. Always pleased by a beautiful one-handed backhand or classic volleying technique.