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It was another week featuring five events across three surfaces on the Challenger Tour. Jordan Thompson and Jason Kubler almost made it back-to-back titles, falling at the last hurdle. Jaume Munar and Tomas Martin Etcheverry produced a number of quality rallies in their final in Perugia. Meanwhile, Alexander Shevchenko won his maiden Challenger title in […] READ MORE
Our panelists have predictions for every day 5 match at the French Open including Russian Daniil Medvedev taking on Laslo Djere. We have predictions for all of the second round matches Daniil Medvedev vs Laslo Djere Embed from Getty Images Damian Kust: We still know very little about Daniil Medvedev’s form and whether he’ll have […] READ MORE
It’s somewhat hard to believe just two weeks ago Denis Shapovalov was not only beating Rafael Nadal in Rome but finishing it off with a nice and easy 6-2 final set under the lights in the Italian capital. Despite a poor loss in his opening match in Geneva last week, many still expected the Canadian […] READ MORE
Expect an entertaining day of tennis at the French Open with 24 intriguing matches on the schedule. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the schedule, including Atilla Balazs vs Marin Cilic, Stan Wawrinka vs Corentin Moutet, Jordan Thompson vs Rafael Nadal, Dan Evans vs Francisco Cerundolo […] READ MORE
Benjamin Bonzi claimed his second Challenger title of the year in Aix-en-Provence and is still yet to be beaten on this circuit in 2022. Meanwhile, Pedro Cachin continued his insane run of form by winning in Prague. Despite struggling in the past couple of seasons, Joao Domingues came out of the blue to shock everyone […] READ MORE
Serve-and-volleying is a dying art but especially at the lower ranks, there are a few players who still try to make it their path to glory. One of them is 25-year-old Antoine Bellier who came out of basically nowhere (when it comes to the Challenger level) to win his maiden title at San Luis Potosi. […] READ MORE
Another very busy week of ATP Challenger Tour action has come to an end. The Anytech365 Andalucia Open in Marbella was the venue for Dominic Thiem and Stan Wawrinka’s injury comebacks, albeit both of them were cut short. Meanwhile, Jack Draper now hasn’t lost in fifteen matches at the Challenger level and made another ranking […] READ MORE
Former World No. 3 Dominic Thiem suffered a fresh setback less than 24 hours after he played his first competitive match since last June at the Marbella Challenger. Thiem shared the latest news on all his social media handles that he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday morning. The hard-hitting Austrian made his much-anticipated […] READ MORE
It was just a second all-Slovenian championship match on the Challenger Tour ever and even more remarkably, both players even share the same first name. In Oeiras, recent college alumni (Mississipi State) Nuno Borges made his first Challenger Tour final and faced off against a qualifier, Pedro Cachin. Next week, the Challenger Tour is going […] READ MORE
After Day 4 play at the ATP Cordoba Open, the quarterfinals will be set. The winners Thursday will join Wednesday’s winners in the final eight. Day 4 is highlighted by the first match of the week for home favorite and top seed Diego Schwartzman, and the ninth tour-level matchup between veterans Pablo Andujar and Albert […] READ MORE