{"id":10931,"date":"2018-12-22T08:30:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T13:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=10931"},"modified":"2018-12-23T10:12:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T15:12:17","slug":"2019-wta-predictions-who-will-win-the-grand-slams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2018\/12\/22\/2019-wta-predictions-who-will-win-the-grand-slams\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 WTA Predictions: Who will win the Grand Slams?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/2017\/12\/16\/2018-wta-predictions-champions-contenders-and-dark-horses-for-the-grand-slams\/?fbclid=IwAR1aYZcQKsTENGcVCdybCN1KloZJaNxmBfD5ewBjXRgZe5M69d3LjJCE48Q\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Following my popular article last year<\/a>, I will once again be giving my predictions for the Grand Slams on the WTA Tour in 2019.\u00a0For each tournament, I shall predict a winner and a two back-up contenders.\u00a0These picks reflect players that I believe can actually win the title as opposed to players who are likely to go deep. This explains why many top players do not appear in these predictions.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #00ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0 Australian Open \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080;\"><strong>Champion: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Aryna Sabalenka <\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">2018 Rank: No.13<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nationality: Belarus<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grand Slams: 0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Social Media Followers: 64,294<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the 2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/australian-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Open<\/a> we are due a surprise Grand Slam champion, as according to the &#8220;Grand Slam OMG Moment&#8221; theory. A Grand Slam OMG moment is when the winner is someone who nobody expected to win the tournament. If you need a reminder, the previous occurrences of such an incident can be seen below&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wimbledon<\/a> 2013 &#8211; won by (15th seed) Marion Bartoli<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Open<\/a> 2015 &#8211; won by (26th seed) Flavia Pennetta<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/french-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French Open<\/a> 2017 &#8211; won by (unseeded) Jelena Ostapenko<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The next tournament in this sequence is the 2019 Australian Open and Sabalenka would definitely be considered as a shock winner. Whilst Sabalenka had a very successful first full season on tour where she won her first two WTA titles and won the WTA Newcomer Of The Year award, she is still very inexperienced in playing at the Grand Slams. The 2019 Australian Open will only be her sixth Grand Slam main draw and she has never advanced past the 1st round in Melbourne. In fact, she has yet to advance past the 4th Round of any Grand Slam. However, due to her rapid improvement if there is going to be a shock winner I think it will be her.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"7Jtv4PpgTKJRQS0HImVs4Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1056258794\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'7Jtv4PpgTKJRQS0HImVs4Q',sig:'HyxWV5_E64fmz-Tk8XymFY24SA7SNvFhyga9gBZpeRc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1056258794',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Back-up contender: Serena Williams<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">2018 Rank: No.16<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nationality: USA<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grand Slams: 23\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Social Media Followers: 26,400,000<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The American is the GOAT and a contender at any tournament she enters. Serena has always struggled with the pressure of achieving historic milestones but the &#8220;Serena Milestone&#8221; theory suggests she may win her 24th Grand Slam title to tie Margaret Court at the Australian Open. It took her four attempts to win Grand Slam No.18, four attempts to win Grand Slam No.22 and the 2019 Australian Open will be her fourth attempt to win Grand Slam No.24. History suggests that this could be the time for Serena to return to the Grand Slam winner&#8217;s circle.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Back-up contender: Elina Svitolina<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">2018 Rank: No.4<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nationality: Ukraine<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grand Slams: 0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Social Media Followers: 784,300<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although ending 2018 by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2018\/11\/14\/elina-svitolina-great-expectations\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">winning the biggest title of her career at the WTA Finals<\/a>, a Svitolina victory would be shock and an OMG moment on a smaller scale, which makes her a contender. This is for two reasons. One reason is her awful record at the Grand Slams. Svitolina has never beaten a Top 15 player at this level in career and has not beaten a seeded player in a Grand Slam since the 2016 French Open. It would be a shock for a player with this track record to suddenly win a Grand Slam. The second reason is her non-existent star quality. Despite being a Top 5 player, her star quality is lower than most players whose rankings are in triple digits. It would be unprecedented in tennis history for someone as basic as Svitolina to become a Grand Slam winner, so in that regard it would be a shock. However, Slamless players who won the WTA Finals have gone on to win the Australian Open the following year. This has happened with Amelie Mauresmo breaking her Grand Slam duck in 2006 and more recently Caroline Wozniacki last year. Therefore, this good omen makes Svitolina a contender.<br \/>\n<a id=\"kuR9QqbxQp90BtuI_EyzGA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1054124686\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'kuR9QqbxQp90BtuI_EyzGA',sig:'4-yjQEvTWUctJxSfitDDnABPnEnYy4tc6Ccc-ntiP-M=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1054124686',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ff9900; color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0 French Open \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080;\"><strong>Champion: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Serena Williams<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>When listing Serena as a contender for Australian Open, I mentioned the Serena Milestone theory. There are few things Serena Williams struggles with, but dealing with the pressure of making history is one of them. As a result, Serena has choked in many Grand Slam matches in recent years.\u00a0Below is an analysis of this theory&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Quest for GS No.18 (to tie Martina Navratilova &amp; Chris Evert)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>2014 Australian Open &#8211; 4R <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">loss<\/span><\/strong> to A.Ivanovic from a set up<\/li>\n<li>2014 French Open &#8211; 2R <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">loss<\/span><\/strong> to G.Muguruza, who she beat 62 60 in previous meeting<\/li>\n<li>2014 Wimbledon &#8211; 3R <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">loss<\/span><\/strong> to A.Cornet from a set up<\/li>\n<li>2014 US Open &#8211; <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Won<\/strong><\/span> Slam No.18\u00a0<strong>\u221a<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Quest for GS No.22 (to tie Steffi Graf)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>2015 US Open &#8211; SF <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">loss<\/span><\/strong> to R.Vinci from a set up<\/li>\n<li>2016 Australian Open &#8211; F <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">loss<\/span><\/strong> to A.Kerber, who has won no titles above Premier level<\/li>\n<li>2016 French Open &#8211; F <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">loss<\/span><\/strong> to G.Muguruza, who made zero other finals that season<\/li>\n<li>2016 Wimbledon &#8211; <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Won<\/span><\/strong> Slam No.22\u00a0<strong>\u221a<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Quest for GS No.24 (to tie Steffi Margaret Court) &#8211; <em>in progress<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>2018 French Open &#8211; <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">withdrew<\/span><\/strong> before 4R vs. M.Sharapova<\/li>\n<li>2018 Wimbledon &#8211; F <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">loss<\/span><\/strong> to A.Kerber, who she beat in straight sets in the 2016 final<\/li>\n<li>2018 US Open &#8211; F <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">loss<\/span><\/strong> to N.Osaka, who had never advanced past 4R of a Slam before<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The theory suggests that she will win her 24th Grand Slam and tie Margaret Court&#8217;s all-time record at either the Australian Open or French Open. She either reaches her milestone on her 4th attempt thereby winning in Melbourne, or she reaches her milestone after suffering three painful losses at Grand Slams, therefore winning in Paris. I have gone with the second reasoning behind this theory, in order to also satisfy the OMG Moment theory.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Back-up contender: Simona Halep<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">2018 Rank: No.1<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nationality: Romania<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grand Slams: 1\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Social Media Followers: 2,708,000<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I am totally off with my theories, then Simona Halep is likely the player to beat at the French Open. Not only is she the reigning champion, but she has established herself as World No.1 and best clay courter during the last two seasons. Having finally broken her Grand Slam duck, Halep could well be the first player to successfully defend the French Open since Justine Henin in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Back-up contender: Sloane Stephens<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\">2018 Rank: No.6<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nationality: USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grand Slams: 1\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Social Media Followers: 769,000<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sloane Stephens finally established herself as Top 10 player in 2018, highlighted by a run to the final of the French Open. Unfortunately for her, she lost her 100% record in finals this year and has now lost her last three tournament finals, which all went the distance. However, if she is able to overcome the trauma and disappointment from losing these matches, she will be a contender to win the tournament, particularly as clay is her favourite surface.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"qteyMNAKSg5mYuHaT9SdgQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1052930580\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'qteyMNAKSg5mYuHaT9SdgQ',sig:'FFzvXRXMZ8yVoJ5F_Pb2kk0AeIXoIScjn75yHf2UHuU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1052930580',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ccffcc; color: #800080;\"><strong>\u00a0 Wimbledon \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080;\"><strong>Champion: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Serena Williams<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Assuming my Serena Milestone theory holds true and she does win one of the first two Grand Slams, then Serena will be the clear favourite for the Wimbledon title. Serena at her best is head and shoulders above the field as it is, so when you factor in playing on her favoured grass surface and being free from pressure (because she would have tied Court&#8217;s all-time record) she will become almost unstoppable! In 2019, I expect her her serve to be firing at SW19 as she picks up her 8th Wimbledon title.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Back-up contender: Simona Halep<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If Halep does not win either the of the first two slams (as I am predicting), she will be a contender at Wimbledon. She only gained 140 ranking points from the last two slams of the year and so will be playing free from pressure. In addition, Halep has openly said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/wimbledon-target-2019-simona-halep\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wimbledon is her main goal for 2019<\/a>. As one of only five active players who have reached the semi-finals or better at every major, a Simona Halep is a contender to win any major. But when she has expressed her hunger for victory, she will be particularly dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #800080;\">Back-up contender: Sloane Stephens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephens is one the most well-rounded players in the WTA right now. She is someone that I believe can win any tournament if she is in good form. Despite it being her least successful Grand Slam, she will be playing at Wimbledon in 2019 with no pressure having suffered an opening round defeat to Croatia&#8217;s Donna Vekic this year. Therefore, Stephens is a contender to be the first non-Williams American to win Wimbledon since Lindsay Davenport in 1999.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u00a0 US Open<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080;\"><strong>Champion: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Simona\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><b>Halep<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>I strongly believe that Simona Halep will win a Grand Slam in 2019.\u00a0I don&#8217;t think parting ways with her coach Darren Cahill will impact her much as he already took her as far as she could go. Her absence from the WTA Finals due to injury was also not too concerning, because she had already secured the No.1 ranking so was probably not too incentivized to play when not 100% fit.\u00a0Out of the four Grand Slams, I think the US Open will be Hazep&#8217;s best chance to win her 2nd Grand Slam title next year, particularly because she has no points to defend given her opening round loss to Estonia&#8217;s Kaia Kanepi this year.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"l1cOtgisQ5tZYdHGlIQ4rg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/990966872\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'l1cOtgisQ5tZYdHGlIQ4rg',sig:'D3jeXyouBVK8xBZRU7xg51ep9guAyIxx5lHEHYFCfQE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'990966872',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Back-up contender: Serena Williams<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Serena&#8217;s numerous controversies at this tournament stop her from being my champion pick at the US Open. If I look at them from a negative angle, it suggests that another controversy in New York could be due in 2019. She did not redeem herself from first big incident in 2009 regarding her behavior as her she was involved in another incident in her next US Open appearance in 2011. Given that she was involved in big controversy this year where she got docked a game by umpire Carlos Ramos, we may see a similar incident in 2019. However, if looking at the controversies from a positive angle, it can be argued that she could win the title next year. Serena is unbeaten at the US Open in the year after a controversial exit. She missed 2010 with injury and she won the title in 2012. Perhaps she will win the title in 2019 too and so therefore she is a contender.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Back-up contender: Sloane Stephens<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former champions are always dangerous when they return to that tournament, regardless of their form. But the good news for Stephens is that she has been incredibly successful on North American hard courts in the last two seasons. Let us take a look at her recent record at the biggest events in this region&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>2017 Canadian Open: <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Semi-Final<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>2017\u00a0Cincinnati Open: <strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Semi-Final<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2017 US Open: <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Champion<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2018\u00a0Indian Wells Open: <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">3rd Round<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2018 Miami Open:\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Champion<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2017 Canadian Open: <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Final<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>2017\u00a0Cincinnati Open: <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>3rd Round<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>2017 US Open: <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Quarter-Final<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>With this track record and the the US Open being her most successful Grand Slam (76% win rate), the 2017 Champion will be a contender to add another title there in 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So there you have it \u2013 these are my predictions for the Grand Slams on the WTA Tour in 2019. Besides the WTA Finals, I have not followed the WTA Tour since the US Open so am very interested in seeing what happens next season. Let me know your thoughts on my predictions and feel free to put your own predictions in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p><em>*Social Media Following = Facebook + Twitter + Instagram followers as of 19\/12\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following my popular article last year, I will once again be giving my predictions for the Grand Slams on the WTA Tour in 2019.\u00a0For each tournament, I shall predict a winner and a two back-up contenders.\u00a0These picks reflect players that I believe can actually win the title as opposed to players who are likely to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2065,"featured_media":9867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,5,9,69,8,6],"tags":[1766,205,394,204,896,25,74,463,43,21,15],"class_list":["post-10931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wta","category-australian-open","category-french-open","category-news","category-predictions","category-us-open","category-wimbledon","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-australian-open","tag-elina-svitolina","tag-french-open","tag-roland-garros","tag-serena-williams","tag-simona-halep","tag-sloane-stephens","tag-us-open","tag-wimbledon","tag-wta"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2065"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}