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On Saturday, rising talent Lorenzo Musetti became the sixth player since 2000 to reach the round of 16 on his Major (main draw) debut. The 19-year-old is set to face none other than World No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Court Philippe Chatrier. One would assume the top-seeded Serbian would be ecstatic to meet an inexperienced […] READ MORE
Denis Shapovalov is the seventh directly accepted player to withdraw from the French Open. Attila Balazs is struggling with a leg injury, Kyle Edmund still hasn’t healed up his knee. Vasek Pospisil and Nick Kyrgios will be focusing on the upcoming grass-court season, while Borna Coric is recovering after shoulder surgery. 2016 runner-up Andy Murray […] READ MORE
Simona Halep and Serena Williams are amongst the tennis players are finding things tough at the moment. Not only have they had to deal with not being able to play due to the coronavirus pandemic, a lot have succumbed to injuries. Serena Williams shoulder The American is currently #7 in the world rankings, and is arguably […] READ MORE
The first round of the 2021 Qatar Open will be completed on Tuesday. There are six clashes to look forward to and some of them present very evenly-matched competitors. We predict three of the matches in this article and three in a second article. Who do you got? ATP Doha Day 2 Predictions Jeremy Chardy […] READ MORE
There should be no shortage of entertaining action on day two at the ATP Rotterdam Open, the first ATP 500 event of the season. A number of star players are set to take to the court at the Rotterdam Ahoy Arena and, as ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every […] READ MORE
Aslan Karatsev and his shocking tun to the 2021 Australian Open semifinals is undoubtedly one of the sport’s most surprising story lines in recent years. After coming through qualifying and recording impressive wins over the likes of Diego Schwartzman, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Grigor Dimitrov, he has guaranteed a new career-high ranking of at least #42. […] READ MORE
Aslan Karatsev caused a sizable shock by defeating Diego Schwartzman to advance to the fourth round of the 2021 Australian Open. The 27-year-old Russian reached the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time after progressing through the Australian Open qualifying event in Doha last month. Karatsev beat talented 19-year-old American Brandon Nakashima […] READ MORE
Day 3 signals the beginning of the second round of the Australian Open. Only 64 men remain standing in contention for the title. 32 of them will compete on Wednesday, and we’re going to predict all of their matches for you. The 16 matches are split between this and three other articles, featuring Nick Kyrgios […] READ MORE
#16 seed Pablo Carreno Busta and #19 seed Grigor Dimitrov likely could not help but sigh after seeing the draw for the 2021 Australian Open. Finally, travel, quarantine, practice, and lodging rules are at least settled and the time has come for play. After all the hurdles to get to Day 1 with the protection of […] READ MORE
The first Grand Slam tournament of the year kicks off in Melbourne. It’s been a strange path to get here, but we’re finally here. Day 1 of the Australian Open will begin Monday morning, Melbourne time, and we’re here to predict every match for you. With 32 men’s matches, that means we’re splitting up the […] READ MORE