#Maria Sakkari

The Australian Open kicked off on Sunday evening without too many wild results. Most of the top seeds in both the men's and women's draws advanced without much struggle, including Americans Frances Tiafoe, Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, and Sebastian Korda. Danielle Collins also advanced in a tighter affair, while 28th-seeded American Amanda Anisimova…

Women's tennis is facing its first big litmus test of 2023-who has come out of the off-season ready to grab this year by the horns? Xiyu Wang and Karolina Pliskova face off on Tuesday in what will be another excellent test of which women has the best form heading into the new season. These odds from Ladbrokes were correct at the time of…

On the eve of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of 2023, tennis finds itself at a crossroads. In August, Serena Williams rocked the sports world when she announced she would retire following the 2022 U.S. Open. One month later, Roger Federer announced his retirement. It will be the first season without both of them since 1999. The absence…

While tennis season has officially started already, the 2023 Australian Open is the unofficial kickoff as the sport's first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The top players have arrived in Melbourne with the hopes of starting their season off with a bang, and the tournament kicks off at 7pm ET Sunday, so who should you be betting on? Novak…

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek is the overwhelming favorite in the season's first Grand Slam. Read on for our women's Australian Open tennis odds and picks. (WTA rankings as of Saturday, Jan. 14). Four of the last five winners of the Australian Open will not have a chance for repeat success this season. Caroline Wozniacki (2018 winner) and Ashleigh Barty…

Iga Swiatek opens as the 2023 Australian Open favorite when first-round play begins on Sunday at Melbourne Park. Swiatek, the top-ranked player in the world, is looking for a second consecutive Grand Slam victory after winning the 2022 U.S. Open. The field, however, also includes a number of other heavy hitters. Among those expected to give Swiatek…

Fixture:(12) Belinda Bencic vs Viktoriya Tomova Date: January 17, 2023 Tournament: Australian Open 2023 Round: First round (Round of 128) Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt Prize money: A$76500000 Adelaide International 2 champion Belina Bencic will open her 2023 Australian Open campaign with a first-round…

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek headlines 2023 Australian Open betting across multiple sportsbook platforms. Preseason tennis betting odds saw the Polish star as the lone figure pegged to triple-digits on the tennis odds board. But that changed following Thursday's draw release, which prompted Swiatek's odds to move, along with several other key contenders…

On the Men's side of the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic aims for his record tenth title and is a heavy favorite as a result. However, in the Women's Draw, four of the last five winners will not have a chance for repeat success this season. Caroline Wozniacki (2018 winner) and Ashleigh Barty (2022 winner) have both retired, and two-time winner…

Rafael Nadal of Spain is the No. 1 seed in the men's singles circuit for the 2023 Australian Open. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal can't meet until the final, but Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek could battle in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open, according to Thursday's singles…

The era of Roger and Rafa and Serena and Andy may be drifting towards its to inevitable end (not Novak - he'll go on forever), but the question of exactly which elite tennis players will fill their non-marking shoes is yet to be settled.

World no. 52 Mayar Sherif of Egypt will take on World no. 77 Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain in the first round of the 2023 Hobart International on Tuesday, January 10. Get the live streaming options of this Mayar Sherif v Nuria Parrizas Diaz match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 Hobart International live…

Last year, Rafael Nadal took down Daniil Medvedev at the Australian Open to claim his 21st major singles title, surpassing a record legends Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic previously held. Tennis action is back Down Under. The Australian Open will kick off the 2023 tennis calendar year and players are bouncing back from their offseasons. Last…

The 2023 Australian Open Women's tournament will start this month, as the best WTA players in the world descend on OZ for the first Grand Slam of the new season. Reigning champion Ashleigh Barty retired following her win at Melbourne Park last year. The tournament favourite is the current world No 1 Iga Swiatek, who will hope to outlast the…

Tennis action is back Down Under. The Australian Open will kick off the 2023 tennis calendar year and players are bouncing back from their offseasons. Last year, Rafael Nadal took down Daniil Medvedev at the Australian Open to claim his 21st major singles title, surpassing a record legends Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic previously held. On the…

United World Cup Women 2023 Maria Sakkari vs. Martina Trevisan Ken Rosewall Arena (Sydney) Round of 4 Surface: Hard 6.1.23, 11:00 Odds Bet Type Bookmaker Claim Bonus! Odds1,87 Bet TypeTotal Under 18.5 Bookmaker Bet Now! The Greek attack will be led by world number six Maria Sakkari, who will face Italy's Martina Trevisan in the 2023 United Cup…

World number six and Greek player Maria Sakkari faces the 38th-ranked Petra Martic of Croatia in the Host City Finals on the seventh day of the 2023 United Cup to played on Wednesday, January 4. Get the live streaming options of this Maria Sakkari v Petra Martic match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023…

Irina-Camelia Begu and Shelby Rogers will face off in the first round of the 2023 Adelaide International on Monday, January 2. Get the live streaming options of this Irina-Camelia Begu v Shelby Rogers match, along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 Adelaide International live streaming online? For tennis fans…

World no. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas will face World no. 53 David Goffin as Team Greece meet Team Belgium in a Group a tie in Perth on the fifth day of the 2023 United Cup to be played on Monday, January 2. Get the live streaming options of this Stefanos Tsitsipas v David Goffin match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch…

France's Alize Cornet will play Croatia's Donna Vekic in the Group F fixture of the 2023 United Cup on Monday, January 2. Get the live streaming options of this Alize Cornet v Donna Vekic match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 United Cup live streaming online? For tennis fans in the Europe &…

Australia's Jason Kubler has emerged as a surprise hero in the wake of Nick Kyrgios' withdrawal from the United Cup, pulling off an incredible victory over Great Britain's world number 27 Dan Evans. The Australian, ranked 107th in the world, stunned his heavyweight opponent 6-3 7-6 (3) for Australia's first win of the competition, before Sam Stosur…

World number 29 Elise Mertens of Belgium will be up against the 90th-ranked and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova on the fourth day of the 2023 United Cup to played on Sunday, January 1. Get the live streaming options of this Elise Mertens v Viktoriya Tomova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 United Cup…

World number 67 and Croatia's Donna Vekic faces the 147th-ranked Maria Carle of Argentina on the third day of the 2023 United Cup to played on Saturday, December 31. Get the live streaming options of this Donna Vekic v Maria Carle match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 United Cup live streaming…

Day 2 at the United Cup will feature some very exciting matches, both ATP and WTA, including three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka representing Switzerland. The tournament might not feature the world's very top players, but it still promises plenty of excitement. We also predict the rest of the day's matches, split between two other…

3pts USA to win the tournament at 7/2 (General) 1pt e.w. France to win the tournament at 16/1 (1/3, 1-2 Betfred) 2pts France to win Group F at 13/10 (Coral, Ladbrokes) 1pt Brazil to win Group E at 5/1 (Coral, Ladbrokes) Sydney, Brisbane & Perth (outdoor/indoor hard) Welcome to the 2023 tennis season. It all begins on Thursday at 0100 GMT with the…

World number six Maria Sakkari of Greece takes on the 90th-ranked and Bulgarian player Viktoriya Tomova on the second day of the 2023 United Cup to played on Friday, December 30. Get the live streaming options of this Maria Sakkari v Viktoriya Tomova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 United Cup…

World number three and USA's Jessica Pegula takes to court against the Czech player and 16th-ranked Petra Kvitova on the second day of the 2023 United Cup to played on Friday, December 30. Get the live streaming options of this Jessica Pegula v Petra Kvitova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 United…

The 2022 Australian Open headlines are dominated by the ongoing Novak Djokovic drama on the men's side, detracting from the women's side of the tournament that is shaping up to be a wide-open affair, according to bookmakers with a number of prominent sportsbooks. Australia's own Ashleigh Barty is the top favorite to win her third career grand slam…

The United Cup is a first-of-its-kind mixed-gender tournament, featuring players from the ATP and WTA Tours representing 18 countries. The inaugural team event will kick off the 2023 tennis season and will be played across three Australian cities: Perth, Brisbane, and Sydney. The tournament will be launched on December 29, 2022 and will run through…

Gauff won in straights when these two met on clay last year, but it could have gone either way. If the American is to prevail again, expect another close contest. On Friday, world No. 23 Cori "Coco" Gauff will face world No. 46 Kaia Kanepi for a spot in the round of 16 at Roland Garros. The American has already matched her career-best performance…

Fixture: Ons Jabeur vs Emma Raducanu. Date: 16 December 2022. Tournament:Mubadala World Tennis Championship. Round: Final. Venue: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt. Prize money: $250000. Match timing: Not before 8 pm local time, 4 pm GMT, 11 am ET and 9:30 pm IST. Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | Australia - Stan…

Wimbledon returns once again with Novak Djokovic looking for his seventh Wimbledon title and Iga Swiatek looking to secure her first Wimbledon Grand Slam Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek are the current favourites for the men's and women's singles respectively Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek have been named as the bookies favourites for this year's…

Say this about the 2022 Australian Open: it has had run-up publicity like never before. With the top seed in men's singles still in the tournament-and still in country-the draw was made on Thursday local time. Both the tournament and the top player might be in a different position by the time you read this. Or not. One safe prediction: this will be…

It should be an entertaining day of semifinal action at the WTA Guadalajara Open with two intriguing matches on the schedule with the four players still standing all no doubt believing that they can reach Sunday's final. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our preview and prediction for both semifinals, but who will come out on…

The only two women's tennis players to win multiple singles titles in the last three years were drawn into the same section of the 2022 Australian Open bracket. That is bad news for the championship hopes of Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka and a great development for the other favorites scattered across the tournament. Barty and Osaka could face…

Fixture: (5) Maria Sakkari vs (6) Caroline Garcia. Date: November 6, 2022. Tournament: WTA Finals 2022. Round: Semifinal. Venue: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, United States. Surface: Hardcourt. Prize money: $5000000. Match timing: Not before 3:30 pm local time, 4:30 pm ET, 8:30 pm GMT, and 2 am IST. Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Amazon…

Fixture: (1) Iga Swiatek vs (7) Aryna Sabalenka. Date: November 6, 2022. Tournament: WTA Finals 2022. Round: Semifinal. Venue: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, United States. Surface: Hardcourt. Prize money: $5000000. Match timing: Not before 7 pm local time, 8 pm ET, 12 am GMT and 5:30 am IST. Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Amazon Prime…

Fixture: (6) Caroline Garcia vs (7) Aryna Sabalenka. Date: November 7, 2022. Tournament: WTA Finals 2022. Round: Final. Venue: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, United States. Surface: Hardcourt. Prize money: $5000000. Match timing: Not before 8 pm local time, 9 pm ET, 2 am GMT and 7:30 am IST. Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Amazon Prime…

No. 1 Ashleigh Barty def. Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-1 No. 4 Barbora Krejcikova def. Xiyu Wang 6-2, 6-3 No. 5 Maria Sakkari def. Qinwen Zheng 6-1, 6-4 No. 8 Paula Badosa def. Martina Trevisan 6-0, 6-3 No. 13 Naomi Osaka def. Madison Brengle 6-0, 6-4 No. 15 Ekaterina Svitolina def. Harmony Tan 6-3, 5-7, 5-1 (retired) No. 21 Jessica Pegula def. Bernarda…

On the way to Iga Swiatek finishing a dominant season by winning the title at the 2022 WTA Finals, Aryna Sabalenka decided to throw in a major twist in yesterday's semifinals. In the first semifinal, #6 seed Caroline Garcia, who finished second behind Swiatek in their group, booked a spot in tonight's final in Fort Worth with a 6-3, 6-2 win over #5…

Caroline Garcia and Aryna Sabalenka will play against each other at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The winner of this match will be crowned as the 2022 WTA Finals winner. Find out how to watch or live stream free the game in the US, the match information, storylines, predictions, and odds. If you are in the US, watch this game live…

The WTA Finals betting began on October 31 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, and will run until November 7. The pinnacle event on the WTA Tour, the WTA Finals, brings together the top eight ranked players for the chance to earn the crown as the champion of the WTA season. Iga Swiatek, the winner of the 2022 US Open, was unchallenged for the…

Friday is quarterfinal day at the WTA Agel Open in Ostrava. Eight women will vie to win the penultimate WTA 500 title on the calendar. Four intriguing matches are on schedule on Friday, including a heavyweight clash between Elena Rybakina and Petra Kvitova. Who will advance to the semifinals? Head-to-head: first meeting Krejcikova secured her place…

This week, the 2022 WTA Finals are taking place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, and early indications are that the singles draw could pan out like several other tournaments have this season. World number one Iga Swiatek made nine finals this season, winning eight of them, including titles at the French Open and US Open. Unsurprisingly,…

The format of group play at the WTA Finals pits the two players who won their opening-round matches against each other in Round 2; the two losers play each other. Few would have expected No. 2 seed Ons Jabeur and No. 3 Jessica Pegula would be "losers", and thus playing for survival when they meet at 6:00 pm ET November 2. Odds as of Nov. 2…

The WTA Finals are on and we are bound to see some close battles as athletes look to finish the season on a title. This title has a high value considering that the top-eight ranked players are in here and a win here means that the winner is capable of beating the elite competition. Will this be the case when a young Cori Gauff takes on veteran…

Fixture: (5) Maria Sakkari vs (7) Aryna Sabalenka. Date: November 2, 2022. Tournament: WTA Finals 2022. Round: Round robin. Venue: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, United States. Surface: Hardcourt. Prize money: $5000000. Match timing: Not before 7 pm local time, 8 pm ET, 12 am GMT and 5:30 am IST. Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Amazon Prime…

The 2022 French Open could mark the beginning of a new era in men's tennis. Carlos Alcaraz is 28-3 with four titles on the ATP Tour this season. The 19-year-old's most recent triumph at the Madrid Open featured consecutive wins over Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev on a clay surface. Alcaraz's fantastic season-long run has made him…

Third round matchups commence on Friday, Day 6 at the French Open. The bottom half of the draw will be in action; there have already been a bunch of notable upsets on this side of the draw. Will that trend continue? Let's take a look at some of the potential best bets of the day. Sloane Stephens defied the odds in her first couple of matches this…

It's a big day for the Brits at SW19 and the bookies expect both Raducanu and Murray to win their matches British number one Emma Raducanu is back on Centre Court this afternoon when she takes on French rival Caroline Garcia for a place in the the third round of Wimbledon 2022. The US Open champion, who opened her campaign with a win over Belgian…