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The WTA Gippsland Trophy promises to entertain on day one with a host of top names in action in Melbourne. The newly established tournament is one of WTA three events running concurrently in the next week ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year. But who will advance to the second round? WTA Gippsland […] READ MORE
2020’s abbreviated European clay-court swing will come to a conclusion at the French Open over the next two weeks. On day one in Paris, there should be plenty of exciting tennis and, as ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Victoria Azarenka vs Danka Kovinic, […] READ MORE
Only the top two seeds received a first round bye in Palermo. Svetlana Kuznetsova and Rebecca Peterson will be in action on Thursday though and will have to come through some real tests. Kuznetsova’s match is in our other set of predictions prepared for the second round in Istanbul. Who do you think will make […] READ MORE
Day 4 of the US Open means the second round is finishing. There are 16 matches on Thursday, and we’re here to predict all of them. Who will move on to the third round? In addition to this set of predictions, we also have three more groups. One features Johanna Konta vs Sorana Cirstea, the […] READ MORE
The US Open finishes off its first round on Tuesday. We at LWOT are here to predict as many of the matches as we can for you. In fact, we’re predicting 28 of the day’s 32 scheduled matches. Each set of predictions looks at four matches. That means that we have six more sets in […] READ MORE
Day 1 of the Australian Open is about to begin. The first Grand Slam of the season season is here, and LWOT writers will offer our thoughts. Not only did we do a roundtable set of predictions, but we will do match-by-match predictions for as much as we can throughout the tournament. On Day 1, […] READ MORE
The 2020 WTA season kicks off this week with events in Brisbane, Auckland and surprise Shenzhen. Some players might as well rent a condo year-round in this Chinese metropolis, as it hosts this WTA international, the WTA Championships and also several ITF tournaments. The Shenzhen Open features, among others, tour heavyweights such as Belinda Bencic, […] READ MORE
Day four at the Luxembourg Open featured plenty of upsets with top seed Elise Mertens falling to Jelena Ostapenko and qualifier Antonia Lottner defeating former-world #9 Andrea Petkovic, who retired injured after dropping the opening set 6-1. But with the draw now looking wide open, who will take advantage and move into the last four? […] READ MORE
Day two at the WTA’s Linz Open will feature nine first-round matches. In the early afternoon, in-form Elena Rybakina will face Nina Stojanovic whilst the fifth seed Julia Goerges is set to take on Margarita Gasparyan. Who will come out on top? We also have predictions for four more Linz matches. Linz Open Day Two […] READ MORE
Play continues at the WTA Tashkent Open on Day 3 with all eight second-round matches. I’m here to offer my thoughts on all of them for you. I’m predicting four matches in this article, and the other four matches in another piece. Who will move on to the quarterfinals? Let’s look at the matches. WTA […] READ MORE