Kanepi ousts Sharma in the 1st round of the Gippsland Trophy. HIGHLIGHTS – MELBOURNE RESULTS

GIPPSLAND TROPHY - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kanepi defeats Sharma to face Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Astra Sharma

Kaia Kanepi hustles Astra Sharma 1-6 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Sunday. Kanepi will play Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hour and 10 minutes.

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Astra was too strong to concede barely 1 game before breaking Kanepi 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.

Kanepi was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Sharma converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Kanepi was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 43 points. Astra was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than Kaia (29-14). Sharma dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Kaia conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).

Sharma had a great start in this set after breaking Kanepi in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Kanepi refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Sharma in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Sharma was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.

They contested 84 points. Kanepi won 8 points more than the Australian (46-38). Kanepi lost 14 points on serve (26-14). On the losing side, Sharma conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).

Kanepi started the set strong after breaking Sharma in the 2nd game (2-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Kanepi to win the set since Sharma managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (2-5) game. Kaia kept her focus to break the Australian in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Kaia failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

They contested 52 points. The Estonian won 12 more points than Astra (32-20). Kaia lost 10 points on serve (12-10). In addition, on the other side, Astra conceded 20 points on serve (10-20).

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kanepi
Sharma
Kaia Kanepi
1-6 7-5 6-2
2h:10
Astra Sharma
90
90
Total points
89
89
24
24
Winners
32
32
27%
27%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
10
10
Double Faults
5
5
52%
52%
1st in
50%
50%
60%
60%
1st won
63%
63%
24/40
24/40
1st won
32/51
32/51
51%
51%
2nd won
45%
45%
19/37
19/37
2nd won
23/51
23/51
-- Break Points --
6/12
6/12
Total
5/9
5/9
50%
50%
Won
56%
56%
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At the end of the match, the Estonian scored 90 points vs. Sharma’s 89.

Kanepi was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12). On the other side, Sharma didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered points (5/9). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kanepi and Sharma is 1-0 for Kaia.

Highlights Kaia Kanepi vs. Astra Sharma Gippsland Trophy – Melbourne

Draw and next match H2H: Kaia Kanepi vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Kanepi will fight against Sabalenka in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Kaia Kanepi and Aryna Sabalenka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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