There should be plenty of entertaining tennis on day two at the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships and, as always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate in the UAE, including Amanda Anisimova vs Barbora Krejcikova and Victoria Mboko vs Jaqueline Cristian.
There should be plenty of entertaining on day two at WTA Dubai with a number of star names set to be in action. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Amanda Anisimova vs Barbora Krejcikova as the first round of the tournament comes to a close.
It will be another busy day at the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships with 14 matches on the slate in the desert. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Amanda Anisimova vs Barbora Krejcikova.
Leylah Fernandez of Canada rallied to upset No. 13 Liudmila Samsonova 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the opening round of the Dubai Duty Free Championship in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday.
Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka have caused a stir at the Dubai Tennis Championships by withdrawing from the Masters event at the last minute. Both were expected to feature in the tournament, but pulled out just one day before it was due to begin.
There should be plenty of entertaining tennis on day one at ATP Doha with six matches on the slate in Qatar. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Daniil Medvedev vs Shang Juncheng.
Victoria Mboko stands alone as women’s tennis’s most captivating young talent right now. Her recent run to the Doha final, where she fell to the crafty Karolina Muchova, only reinforced what the numbers have been telling us for months: this isn’t a flash in the pan.
ATP action gets underway in the Middle East at ATP Doha with big servers and baseline grinders alike having plenty to enjoy in the fast conditions. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the schedule on day one, but who will book their spot in the second round?
Jannik Sinner is set to make his return to the ATP Tour next week, following his Australian Open semi-final loss. Sinner was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals at Melbourne Park, with the Serbian star coming out on top in a five-set battle.
Serena Williams is seemingly edging closer to a stunning comeback to tennis following her reentry into the anti-doping testing pool. Williams will be eligible to play on the WTA Tour later this month, but it remains to be seen if she will do so, aged 44.
The WTA calendar has reached its second 1000-level stop, with the Dubai Tennis Championships now in full swing. The tournament still features a strong line-up despite a few absences.
Taylor Fritz has addressed criticism from annoyed fans after choosing to play through injury on his way to the 2026 Dallas Open final. The American has already booked his place in the Dallas Open final, but questions have followed him throughout the tournament regarding his fitness.
Elena Rybakina is back in action this week as the Dubai Tennis Championships get started on the WTA Tour calendar. She enters the tournament as the top seed, with Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek both pulling out ahead of the event.
American tennis fans are in for an absolute treat in the final of the ATP 500 in Dallas, as the top two American men will battle it out for the title. As always, we here at LastWordOnTennis share our thoughts on the match.
Ben Shelton rallied past Canada's Denis Shapavalov for a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory on Saturday to set up an all-American final of the Nexo Dallas Open against Taylor Fritz.
WTA tennis rolls on with a marquee WTA 1000 stop in Dubai, where the quick hard courts reward first-strike tennis and depth from the baseline. With little time to settle into rallies, execution and composure under pressure will be key from the opening round.
And then there were two. The final of one of the most historic indoor events is set with the top two seeds set to collide at the ATP Rotterdam Open. Two-time former finalist in Rotterdam, Alex de Minaur, taking on one of the best indoor hard-court players in the world, Felix Auger-Aliassime.
The WTA Middle Eastern swing moves on to the WTA Dubai where the quick hard courts reward aggressive returning and first-strike tennis. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the schedule, including Alexandra Eala vs Hailey Baptiste. But who will advance?
The final tournament of this year’s Middle East Swing begins at the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships with 12 entertaining matches on the slate on day one in the UAE.
For the first time since 2019, Karolina Muchova is a champion on the WTA Tour. The 29-year-old Czech Republic native earned a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Canada's Victoria Mboko in the Qatar Open final on Saturday in Doha.
Elena Rybakina’s run at the Qatar Open ended in the quarterfinals after a three-set loss to Victoria Mboko. It was a historic win for Mboko, while Rybakina also missed out on the chance to move up to world number two.
Serena Williams’ return to tennis has been a hot topic, and fans recently got another update on her potential comeback. After spending six months in the anti-doping testing pool, Williams became eligible to play again from the 22nd of February.
Top-seeded Taylor Fritz overcame a 5-2 deficit in the third-set tiebreaker, winning the final five points to rally past fellow U.S. player Sebastian Korda 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals of the Nexo Dallas Open on Friday.
No. 10 seed Victoria Mboko delivered six aces while recording a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jelena Ostapenko on Friday to reach the final of the Qatar Open at Doha.
The top two-ranked WTA players have pulled out of the upcoming Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 2 Iga Swiatek have both withdrawn from the upcoming WTA Masters 1000 event.
Reigning champion Denis Shapovalov needed just 66 minutes to advance to the Nexo Dallas Open quarterfinals, defeating the United States' Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday.