Tennis news, analysis, tournament coverage, and rumors
Although less popular than football in some parts of the world, tennis is one of the leading sports people watch on their PCs and handheld devices. The world’s leading individual sport gives us access to amazing tournaments where we can watch the best players in action. Speaking of watching the best tennis players, if you […] READ MORE
Novak Djokovic entered the Australian Open final on Sunday evening in Melbourne a whopping 9-0 in such matches in his career. It did not take long in his match against Stefanos Tsitsipas to realize he was well on his way to extending the perfect record to 10-0. The tenth title for Djokovic at this event […] READ MORE
American men have taken the 2023 Australian Open by storm. Eight men repping the Red, White, and Blue are into the third round in Melbourne. Having a few Americans reach the third round of a Slam used to be the target. The new generation is setting the bar high, as 25% of the remaining men […] READ MORE
Day 3 at the Australian Open was inevitably highlighted by Rafael Nadal’s shocking defeat against Mackenzie McDonald, who got by far the biggest win of his career. Aside from Nadal, all the top seeds advanced, with Daniil Medvedev now the favorite to make it to the final from this half but several other players who […] READ MORE
American Mackenzie McDonald won the biggest match of his career at the 2023 Australian Open, stunning defending champion and current world #2 Rafael Nadal in three sets on Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. The 22-time Grand Slam champion Nadal lost in the second round of his title defense of his second career Australian Open title, […] READ MORE
It promises to be an entertaining third day at the Australian Open with the second round set to get underway at Melbourne Park. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for all 16 matches on the schedule, including Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Rinky Hijikata, Daniil Medvedev vs John Millman and Frances Tiafoe […] READ MORE
Top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain beat Jack Draper of Great Britain 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-1 in a first round match of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday. The match lasted for more than three hours, as the 22-time Grand Slam champion went through rather comfortably in the end. However, Draper, […] READ MORE
The 2023 Grand Slam season is officially upon us, as Day 1 of the Australian Open took place in front of a lively Melbourne crowd. We saw 64 men take the court, with 32 notching wins that secured them a berth in the second round. Let’s look at all the good and the bad from […] READ MORE
On BBC Radio Five Live’s Australian Open preview show, it was revealed that Jack Draper’s preference for another profession if he had not become a tennis player was to be a detective. Apart from making a refreshing change from being a professional in another sport (the usual choice of most athletes), it also testifies to […] READ MORE
Ahead of the first Grand Slam of 2023, five Last Word on Tennis writers–-Vithun Illankovan (@VitIllankovan), Damian Kust (@damiankust), Jack Edward, Shane Black and Jakub Bobro–make their Australian Open predictions for the Men’s Singles tournament. We also have a separate roundtable for the Women’s singles. Men’s Champion The player we think will win the Men’s Singles […] READ MORE
Sports Management graduate from UTS, Sydney. Follow tennis and football and like to write about them in my spare time.