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In his debut match against Jack Sock at the ATP Citi Open in Washington, D.C. Rafael Nadal simply refused to yield to circumstances and his opponent. In an instant thriller, the 35-year-old Spaniard overcame the resurgent American 6-2 4-6 7-6(1) in three hours and five minutes to progress to Round of 16 in the US […] READ MORE
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic won the biggest title of her career on Saturday, securing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games gold medal 7-5 2-6 6-3 in two and a half hours over the Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova. Participating in her first Olympic Games, Bencic has a chance to win double gold as she will compete in the […] READ MORE
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