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With the news that Roger Federer will be retiring after playing in the Laver Cup next week, the sporting world reflects on his legendary career. From the delightful one-handed backhand, to his 103 singles titles (including 20 famous grand slam wins), the Swiss superstar has provided us with many memories over his illustrious 24-year career. […] READ MORE
First round action continues from WTA Madrid on day 2 with notable players like Petra Kvitova and Monica Puig in action. We have predictions for matches featuring Naomi Osaka and Madison Keys as well. Jil Teichmann vs Petra Kvitova Embed from Getty Images This pair split two meetings last year, Kvitova has lost three straight matches […] READ MORE
Ahead of the Olympic Tennis Finals this weekend, Martin Keady, our resident tennis historian, takes a look back at the history of the Women’s Singles in modern Olympic Tennis. Seoul 1988: Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 6–3 6–3 Modern Olympic tennis began with something of a bang in 1988 when Steffi Graf won […] READ MORE
Following my popular article last year, I will once again be giving my WTA predictions for the upcoming 2021 season. In this article, I will be giving my predictions on the biggest tournaments of the year (Grand Slams, WTA Finals and Summer Olympics). So without further a do, here are my predictions… Australian Open 2020 […] 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
World TeamTennis (WTT) is back this year, but with a different look due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 World TeamTennis season begins July 12, and the finals are scheduled for Sunday, August 2nd. The season is taking place entirely at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia this year, also. Despite the circumstances, […] READ MORE
Following my popular article last year, I will once again be giving my WTA predictions for the upcoming 2020 season. I shall be giving my predictions on the biggest tournaments of the year (Grand Slams, WTA Finals and Summer Olympics) as well as the year-end rankings. So without further a do, here are my predictions… […] READ MORE
With a long list of leading women’s players names that includes Grand Slam winners, along with a promising group of young, aspiring female tennis professionals, the 2020 ASB Classic draw is world-class and sees the tournament elevated to a senior position on WTA tour calendar. Including Serena Williams, with Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Ostapenko, Eugenie Bouchard, and Svetlana […] 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 4 in Luxembourg should be good as the WTA season winds down. Find out who we think moves on to the quarterfinals in Luxembourg. WTA Luxembourg Day 4 Predictions Monica Puig vs Kristyna Pliskova H2H- 1-1 Monica Puig has been a rhythm player throughout her career, and her first-round win over Fiona Ferro showed […] READ MORE
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