MOSCOW RESULTS. Determined Bertens outlasts Kanepi in the 2nd round of the Kremlin Cup

Kiki Bertens outlasts Kaia Kanepi 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Moscow on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Bertens will fight against Kristina Mladenovic in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Bertens had a strong start of this set after breaking Kanepi in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the Estonian succeeded in coming back to break Kiki 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Bertens won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, The Dutch broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

The Estonian was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).

3^rd set.

The Dutch clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Bertens broke back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 109 points vs. Kaia’s 95 points.

The Dutch served pretty well to win 75% of the points (44/59) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 40% points (19/47) on her second serve. Kiki was sharp when converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11). On the other side, the Estonian wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 38% of her break points (5/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Bertens and Kanepi is 1-1.

Highlights Kiki Bertens vs. Kaia Kanepi Kremlin Cup – Moscow

Next Match: Kiki Bertens vs. Kristina Mladenovic – stats

Bertens will take on Mladenovic in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Kiki Bertens and Kristina Mladenovic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

Tennis Scores in Moscow

• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-2 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Kaia KanepiKanepi (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Belinda BencicBencic – Polona HercogHercog (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Donna VekicVekic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-1 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (1-1) – See H2H details
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Belinda BencicBencic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Kiki BertensBertens (0-1) – See H2H details