#Kanepi

The final point said it all. An 11-shot rally that started with a Kaia Kanepi serve and finished with Iga Swiatek’s racket somewhere other than in her hand. Poland’s world No 9 had spent the intervening 19 seconds stretching, sliding and almost slipping, but still somehow conjuring answers to each question set by her aggressor up the other end.

Polish superstar Iga Swiatek overcame both a dangerous opponent and her own frustrations on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals at Australian Open 2022. Trailing giant-killing Estonian Kaia Kanepi by a set and a break, Swiatek dug in to win 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3 in three sapping hours. The seventh seed,...

To reach her first Australian Open semifinal, Iga Swiatek had to win the hard way. Trailing Kaia Kanepi by a set and a break, Swiatek dug deep — and deeper still — to win the second-longest women's singles match of the fortnight so far, 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3. The...

Seed-slaying specialist Kaia Kanepi has a knack for finding her best on the biggest stages. The atmosphere at the majors, she admitted, was more electrifying, the stakes so much higher. For a woman capable of out-hitting any rival on her day, the 36-year-old feared no opponent, evident in her latest...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Latest at the Australian Open on Monday (all times local):. Stefanos Tsitsipas and Kaia Kanepi advanced to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in the final two matches on Day 8 of the tournament. The fourth-seeded Tsitsipas beat Taylor Fritz 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4...

Kaia Kanepi is about to play against Aryna Sabalenka on Monday the 24th of January at the Australian Open. Here is an update about her live rankings. Kaia Kanepi is at the moment ranked no.115 with 67300 points positioned as Estonian no.2 following Anett Kontaveit who is her compatriot no.1 with 423100 points ranked no.7.

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka has been eliminated in the fourth round of the Australian Open in one of the upsets of the tournament so far, further clearing Ash Barty's path to the title. The Belarusian rescued four match points in a tense tiebreaker but was ultimately ousted 5-7 6-2 7-6(7)...

Iga Swiatek was pushed to three sets for the first time at this year's Australian Open, but the No.7 seed from Poland eventually prevailed against Sorana Cirstea 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 on Monday to reach her first quarterfinal at this event. The 2020 Roland Garros champion will meet the unseeded Kaia...

We wrap up the first round of the 2022 Australian Open on Day 2. That means there are 32 women’s matches scheduled. As always, we here at LWOT are going to offer you our thoughts on all the matches. We split up the matches into articles with four matches each, so that means eight articles. The other seven articles feature Anett Kontaveit vs Katerina Siniakova, Simona Halep vs Magdalena Frech, Iga Swiatek vs Harriet Dart, Emma Raducanu vs Sloane Stephens, Aryna Sabalenka vs Storm Sanders, Garbine Muguruza vs Clara Burel, and Petra Kvitova vs Sorana Cirstea. Predicting this set of matches are Andrew Watson, Fraser Learmonth, and Jim Smith.