Aliaksandra Sasnovich dispatches Kanepi in the 1st round – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Sasnovich aces Kanepi to play Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Kaia Kanepi

Aliaksandra Sasnovich hustles Kaia Kanepi 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Sasnovich will fight against Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sasnovich
Indian Wells
Sasnovich's Record

Sasnovich added to her prize money $ 12,225 after winning this match. She has already won $ 30,885 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 24,885 to her earnings to get in total $ 55,770 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sasnovich
Kanepi
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
6-3 7-65
1h:38
Kaia Kanepi
79
79
Total points
69
69
29
29
Winners
25
25
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
64%
64%
1st in
47%
47%
59%
59%
1st won
74%
74%
29/49
29/49
1st won
25/34
25/34
59%
59%
2nd won
34%
34%
16/27
16/27
2nd won
13/38
13/38
-- Break Points --
4/4
4/4
Total
3/6
3/6
100%
100%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Sasnovich scored 79 points vs. Kaia’s 69.

Sasnovich

The Belarussian was stunning in converting all the break points (4/4).

Kanepi

On the other side, Kaia was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Sasnovich and Kanepi is 2-1 for Aliaksandra.

Draw and next match H2H: Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Sasnovich will compete against Ostapenko in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Jelena Ostapenko play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sasnovich won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Ostrava back in 2022.

Aliaksandra Sasnovich Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sasnovich 6-3
SasnovichKanepi
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SasnovichKanepi
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SasnovichKanepi
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SasnovichKanepi
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SasnovichKanepi
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
SasnovichKanepi
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SasnovichKanepi
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SasnovichKanepi
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SasnovichKanepi
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
SasnovichKanepi
1
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Sasnovich clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Kanepi couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Sasnovich was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Kanepi was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 62 points. Sasnovich was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Kaia (34-28). The Belarussian surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, Kanepi conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).

2nd Set -
Sasnovich 7-6
SasnovichKanepi
7
6
S
1
0
K
2
0
K
2
1
S
2
2
S
2
3
K
3
3
K
4
3
S
4
4
S
5
4
K
5
5
K
6
5
S
7
5
SasnovichKanepi
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SasnovichKanepi
5
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SasnovichKanepi
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SasnovichKanepi
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SasnovichKanepi
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SasnovichKanepi
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SasnovichKanepi
2
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
SasnovichKanepi
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SasnovichKanepi
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SasnovichKanepi
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
SasnovichKanepi
0
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40

Sasnovich started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Kaia Kanepi in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the Belarussian refused to bow to come back to break Kaia 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Sasnovich failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Kanepi capitulated the 3rd game (1-2) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

Tiebreak

The Belarussian won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Kaia won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 10th (5-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The Belarussian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Kanepi converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 86 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the Estonian (45-41). The Belarussian conceded 23 points on serve (21-23). On the losing side, Kanepi conceded 24 points on serve (18-24).

1st
Sasnovich
Kanepi
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Sasnovich
Kanepi
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
 

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