Mike Spector

Read on for our thoughts and predictions for the 2024 Women’s French Open final between Iga Swiatek and Jasmine Paolini.

The Women’s Draw at this year’s Australian Open was chock full of upsets, as evidenced by the fact that one semifinal pitted a No. 12 seed against a qualifier. Comparatively, the Men’s Draw was much chalkier and stayed true to seeding, as the top six men’s seeds all reached the Australian Open quarterfinals for the […]

Entering the Australian Open, No. 5 seed Aryna Sabalenka had the second-best odds to win the tournament, behind World No. 1 Iga Swiatek. Thus, it is no surprise that she won her first Grand Slam semifinal match (she had been 0-3) and has a chance to capture her first career major title. Sabalenka faces No. […]

Similarly to what is happening on the Men’s side, many firsts and history are being made in the Women’s Draw at the U.S. Open. Ons Jabeur and Caroline Garcia are first-time semifinalists at the U.S. Open. Jabeur is looking for a place in consecutive Grand Slam finals after finishing runner-up at Wimbledon. In addition, world […]

Since 2016, there has been tremendous parity on the Women’s side at the French Open, as there has been just one repeat finalist (Simona Halep) in that span. And judging by last year’s befuddling final that featured unseeded Barbora Krejcikova against No. 31 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, we were bound to see more surprises this year […]

History was made on the Men’s side at the Australian Open earlier this season, as Rafael Nadal defeated Daniil Medvedev for his 21st Grand Slam title. That broke a three-way tie that he was previously a part of with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, who each have won 20 career Grand Slams. The second major […]