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Day 1 of tennis at the Tokyo Olympics is Saturday (in Tokyo; late Friday night in the United States), and we’re here to share our thoughts on every match. Players fight for ranking points and national glory, and the Olympics almost always brings out the best in athletes. Monica Puig won this tournament in 2016, […] READ MORE
Day 1 of Wimbledon is one of the most hectic days on the tennis calendar. Half of the first round–32 men’s matches and 32 women’s matches–will be completed on Monday. As always, we’re here at LWOT to share our thoughts on all of them for you. The women’s matches are split between eight sets of […] READ MORE
The WTA Birmingham Classic has reached the fourth day of action. Thursday sees Tunisian star Ons Jabeur in action alongside the likes of Kristina Mladenovic and Daria Kasatkina. All are seasoned players on the WTA Tour, but who will move on to the quarterfinals? We take a look in our WTA Birmingham Classic day 4 […] READ MORE
Tuesday’s action in Birmingham sees the rest of the field take to the courts for their first round matches. The tournament is the perfect stepping stone for Wimbledon and all involved will be hoping to gather momentum ahead of the third Grand Slam of the year. We take a look at who is best poised […] READ MORE
Add Ashleigh Barty to the growing list of injured players. Today the World #1 and top seed withdrew from the French Open citing a hip injury. It was obvious discomfort, as Barty’s movement was hampered and her serve lacked its usual power. The Aussie’s high expectations for another Slam title has now created opportunity for […] READ MORE
The French Open wraps up its second round on Day 5. Thursday will see the last 16 Round 2 matches, and we’re here to predict all of them for you. The 16 matches are split between four articles. We predict four matches each article. In addition to this article, the others feature Coco Gauff vs […] READ MORE
We wrap up the first round of the French Open on Day 3 on Tuesday. The women will delight tennis fans in Paris and worldwide with 20 matches. As always, we’re here to predict all of them for you. This article looks at four matches, so we have four more articles to go with it. […] READ MORE
There should be plenty of entertaining action on day three at the WTA Serbia Open, with every player in the draw surely desperate to build some momentum ahead of the forthcoming French Open. Rain washed out much of the play on day two, but that has left a packed schedule for the fans to enjoy […] READ MORE
Some tennis fans seem to claim there is no depth in women’s tennis. The easiest counterargument: Wednesday’s WTA schedule at Rome, which is jam-packed with action that there’s barely going to be time to breathe. The most exciting of all of these clashes has to be Simona Halep taking on Angelique Kerber. Who do you […] READ MORE
The WTA moves to Rome for the second WTA 1000 clay court tournament. Top seed Ashleigh Barty, Madrid champion Aryna Sabalenka and defending champion Simona Halep will be on the hunt in Italy. Can they hold off French Open champion Iga Swiatek, two-time Italian Open champion Elina Svitolina, World #2 Naomi Osaka or the always-threatening […] READ MORE