HUGE UPSET. Kanepi sweeps aside Kenin in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – MELBOURNE RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kanepi stuns Kenin to face Donna Vekic in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Sofia Kenin

Kaia Kanepi surprises the defending champion Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday after playing an impressive match to square off with Donna Vekic in the 3rd round. This run at the Australian Open will match her best result in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kanepi
Melbourne
Kanepi's Record

The Estonian added to her prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kanepi will add $ 105,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

Kenin in tears

Unfortunately, Sofia was in tears during the press conference acknowledging that she was struggling too much with the pressure. She confessed she had the same issue in the first round.

“I know I couldn’t really handle the pressure. I’m not obviously used to this, so I just got to figure out how to play at that level that I played at. Because like today and those matches it just hasn’t been there.”

Highlights Kaia Kanepi vs. Sofia Kenin Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kanepi
Kenin
Kaia Kanepi
6-3 6-2
1h:04
Sofia Kenin
65
65
Total points
44
44
28
28
Winners
21
21
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
17
17
Unforced
22
22
44%
44%
Ratio Unforced
56%
56%
6/7
6/7
Net Approaches
2/2
2/2
86%
86%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
60%
60%
1st in
69%
69%
80%
80%
1st won
60%
60%
28/35
28/35
1st won
21/35
21/35
61%
61%
2nd won
44%
44%
14/23
14/23
2nd won
7/16
7/16
180
180
Fastest serve
159
159
169
169
AVG 1st Serve
151
151
143
143
AVG 2nd Serve
140
140
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
0/7
0/7
43%
43%
Won
0%
0%
See Full Stats

After this match, the head to head between Kanepi and Kenin is 2-0 for Kaia.

Draw and next match H2H: Kaia Kanepi vs. Donna Vekic – stats

Kanepi will face Vekic in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Kaia Kanepi and Donna Vekic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Vekic won 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2019.

Kaia Kanepi Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kanepi HTML
KanepiKenin
HTML
0
0
0
0

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Kaia conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

The Estonian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of her 7 break points. She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 64 points. Kaia was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Kenin (38-26). Kaia conceded 10 points on serve (25-10). On the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).

2nd Set -
Kanepi Not
Not
0
0
0
0

The Estonian in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay the American and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Sofia in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

They played 46 points. The Estonian won 8 more points than the American (27-19). Kanepi surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Kenin conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).

 

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