{"id":11172,"date":"2019-01-06T10:33:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T15:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=11172"},"modified":"2019-01-06T10:33:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T15:33:15","slug":"wta-fantasy-picks-for-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/01\/06\/wta-fantasy-picks-for-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Fantasy: Picks for Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hello to all WTA Fantasy Tennis fans!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It was amazing to see that the number of people entered into the Last Word On Tennis league has already gone into double digits! If you have yet to join the league it is called &#8220;Last Word On Tennis.&#8221; It is a public league but if you do have problem joining it, you can comment on this article with your email so that I can send you an invite link.<\/p>\n<p>If you are unaware of the game (as admittedly the WTA&#8217;s promotion is poor) or have not started your account yet, do not worry! One of the best aspects of the game is that you can join at any time and still potentially win a prize. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/2018\/12\/30\/wta-fantasy-introduction-and-picks-for-brisbane\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instructions on how to join the game can be seen in my introduction article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tournament for the upcoming game week is Sydney. As I will be doing for every tournament in the game, I will be giving my expert tips on who you should consider selecting.<\/p>\n<h4>Tips For Sydney<\/h4>\n<p>For each tournament, you need to pick four players and two alternates, should any of your picks withdraw from the tournament. In order to get maximum points, you need all your chosen players to make the semi-finals. Therefore, it would be a wise decision to pick one player from each quarter of the draw. Below I have put forward, two players from each quarter to aid your selections.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>NOTE: Picks must be be submitted 15 minutes before the start of a tournament.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>1st Quarter<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Simona Halep<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Ranking: No.1<\/li>\n<li>Best Result: Semi-Final (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ashleigh Barty<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Ranking: No.15<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Result: Final (2018)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"8dtBYRgITzZRV2QrgGy2dg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1077013444\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" 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:'8dtBYRgITzZRV2QrgGy2dg',sig:'-pJkYqAN4Q60Vb-yptEx40sMH5pzARPWXfzFROeu-LA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1077013444',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>2nd Quarter<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sloane Stephens<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Ranking: No.5<\/li>\n<li>Best Result: 1st Round (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"CQmKT5cZT8FFhaSS1CaEzQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1030088406\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" 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:'CQmKT5cZT8FFhaSS1CaEzQ',sig:'YVMChRTZO569z3ZOBZHUEOk-tzM55X1k4PT1id_HiRk=',w:'550px',h:'594px',items:'1030088406',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><br \/>\nGarbine Muguruza<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Ranking: No.18<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Result: Quarter-Final (2015 &amp; 2018)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>3rd Quarter<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anastasija Sevastova<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Ranking: No.13<\/li>\n<li>Best Result: 1st Round (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"_C46P6-UTA9eBkVep-hrLw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1089237274\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" 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:'_C46P6-UTA9eBkVep-hrLw',sig:'S7QTIzLUM7D_QGZGdmsstAYcypNzl1hXWlc_1jnmNJ4=',w:'594px',h:'408px',items:'1089237274',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><br \/>\nDaria Kasatkina<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Ranking: No.10<\/li>\n<li>Best Result: Quarter-Final (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>4th Quarter<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Angelique Kerber<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Ranking: No.2<\/li>\n<li>Best Result: Champion (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"93f5-wpTSihbMxsEmykVYQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1077774970\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" 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:'93f5-wpTSihbMxsEmykVYQ',sig:'wshVAvyxrGrcvB97NaMbQEpMj3UE3zrD8Od-DZY1e3s=',w:'594px',h:'347px',items:'1077774970',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><br \/>\nAryna Sabalenka<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Ranking: No.11<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Result: N\/A (1st Appearance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"obhUew8jQMNKqNye2D9T-Q\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1077383972\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" 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:'obhUew8jQMNKqNye2D9T-Q',sig:'j-4mfNac7buHumi1pLaUCwULNs6F-K8dYgHB39buTKI=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1077383972',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><br \/>\nThese are my suggestions, but who will you pick? I look forward to finding out! Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello to all WTA Fantasy Tennis fans! It was amazing to see that the number of people entered into the Last Word On Tennis league has already gone into double digits! If you have yet to join the league it is called &#8220;Last Word On Tennis.&#8221; It is a public league but if you do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2065,"featured_media":6348,"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":[4,2],"tags":[119,24,1766,547,416,200,74,463,2369,4088],"class_list":["post-11172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wta","category-featured","tag-anastasija-sevastova","tag-angelique-kerber","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-ashleigh-barty","tag-daria-kasatkina","tag-garbine-muguruza","tag-simona-halep","tag-sloane-stephens","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-wta-fantasy"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11172","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=11172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}