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Day 2 of tennis at the Tokyo Olympics is Sunday (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
Precisely 32 nations will be represented at the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s singles tennis tournament, which runs from July 24th through August 1st. The matches will be played at the Ariake Coliseum. It is the venue that usually hosts the WTA Pan Pacific Open. Tokyo Olympics 2020: Women’s Singles Draw Analysis Top half, first […] READ MORE
Just four women remain, and the excitement is palpable as the 2021 Wimbledon Championships nears its conclusion. The second of the two semifinals on Thursday will feature a power-hitting battle between two ferocious ball-strikers on the WTA. Aryna Sabalenka Tackles Karolina Pliskova A straight shootout between two of the WTA’s most powerful hitters will determine […] READ MORE
There should be plenty of entertaining action on quarterfinals day at the All England Club, with four intriguing matches on the slate. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for all four quarterfinals. But who will reach the rarefied air of the Wimbledon semifinals? Wimbledon Quarterfinal Predictions Ash Barty vs Ajla […] READ MORE
With eight intriguing fourth-round matches on the schedule on day eight at Wimbledon, there looks set to be plenty of entertaining tennis for the fans. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Ash Barty vs Barbora Krejcikova and Elena Rybakina vs Aryna Sabalenka. But […] READ MORE
Ons Jabeur has defeated Garbine Muguruza in the third round of Wimbledon. By defeating the 2017 champion, she becomes the first Arab woman to reach Wimbledon’s fourth round and the first Arab, male or female, since Ismael El Shafei defeated Bjorn Borg in 1974. At a career-high ranking of #24 and having lifted her first […] READ MORE
The third round of Wimbledon begins on Day 5. At the end of the day, eight women will have booked their Manic Monday spots. But who will those eight women be? Our writers share their thoughts on all the matches. We predict four matches in this article and four matches in a separate article. Predicting […] READ MORE
Day 3 of Wimbledon this year will see a lot more than the scheduled 16 women’s matches. Due to the rain the first few days, plenty of matches have been pushed off from Tuesday to Wednesday. We’ve already shared our thoughts on those matches with you, so today we present our predictions for the 16 […] 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
Wednesday at the 2021 WTA Viking International at Eastbourne will feature eight second-round matches. Top seed Aryna Sabalenka takes on Alison Riske, whose best surface is, by far, grass. Who do you think will prevail? We also predict the rest of the day’s matches in a separate article. WTA Eastbourne Day 3 Predictions Shelby Rogers […] READ MORE