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The ATP and WTA Rome Masters events are here! After an exciting week in Madrid, we have reached Italy’s WTA 1000 event! Who will kick off the main draw with a bang and who will fall short? I give my best guesses below! WTA Rome Day 1 Predictions Amanda Anisimova vs Qiang Wang Head to […] READ MORE
There should be plenty of exciting action on day two at the WTA Madrid Open, with a number of star names set to take to the court in the Spanish capital. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Venus Williams vs Jennifer Brady, Karolina […] READ MORE
Second round action will complete on Thursday at the WTA Istanbul tournament with top seed Elise Mertens among the players taking to the clay. Here is all your predictions. Elise Mertens vs Viktorija Golubic Embed from Getty Images A difficult match for Mertens who had an easy time in the opening round while Golubic needed […] READ MORE
Day 2 in Istanbul features Turkey’s own Cagla Buyukakcay in action, along with Kristina Mladenovic and Vera Zvonareva. Here is your look at the action, we also have predictions for every WTA match in Istanbul on Tuesday. Kristina Mladenovic vs Barbara Haas Embed from Getty Images Barbara Haas was solid to qualify but has limited […] READ MORE
The WTA St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy is rapidly approaching the finish line. Russian women thoroughly dominated this event, claiming all but one of the singles quarterfinal spots and all four semifinal berths. Two legendary figures and two streaky youngsters remain in contention. A local will emerge victorious on Sunday, but who? WTA St. Petersburg Ladies […] READ MORE
Seven of the eight quarterfinalists in St Petersburg are Russian. As such, it is looking inevitable that we will se a home grown talent lifting the St Petersburg trophy at the end of the week. #1 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova remains the favorite to lift the trophy. However, #4 seed Kuznetsova and former World #10 have […] READ MORE
Day 3 in St Petersburg sees three of the top four seeds–including #1 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova–in action for the first time. Joining them is the winner of the 2015 edition of the tournament, Jelena Ostapenko. Wednesday’s action should give us a good idea of who should be favourite to take home the trophy. Most of […] READ MORE
Next up on the WTA Tour schedule, alongside Monterrey, is the St Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy. The tournament features a strong Russian contingent, with eight native players featuring in the main draw of 32. Top seed Ekaterina Alexandrova will be hoping for a better performance this time out than she had in Lyon. The draw also […] READ MORE
On a packed day one at the Australian Open, there looks set to be plenty of thrilling tennis. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Naomi Osaka vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Laura Siegemund vs Serena Williams, Aryna Sabalenka vs Viktoria Kuzmova, Bianca Andreescu vs Mihaela […] READ MORE
Day 4 of the WTA Yarra Valley Classic on Wednesday brings some heavy-hitting matchups between top players. All four matches predicted are first-time meetings giving fans fresh matchups to start the season. The top player in the world Ash Barty is in action for the first time this season, as well as 2019 Australian Open […] READ MORE