Kaia Kanepi aces Marie Bouzkova 6-2 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Kanepi will square off with Maddison Inglis in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Kanepi's Record

The Estonian added to her prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kaia will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Kaia Kanepi vs. Marie Bouzkova Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kanepi
Bouzkova
6-2 7-63
1h:36
72
72
Total points
58
58
21
21
Winners
24
24
29%
29%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
33
33
Unforced
18
18
65%
65%
Ratio Unforced
35%
35%
8/12
8/12
Net Approaches
4/5
4/5
67%
67%
Perc
80%
80%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
9
9
Double Faults
2
2
48%
48%
1st in
61%
61%
72%
72%
1st won
56%
56%
21/29
21/29
1st won
24/43
24/43
48%
48%
2nd won
37%
37%
15/31
15/31
2nd won
10/27
10/27
177
177
Fastest serve
162
162
164
164
AVG 1st Serve
150
150
140
140
AVG 2nd Serve
120
120
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
3/4
3/4
45%
45%
Won
75%
75%
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At the end of the match, Kaia scored 72 points vs. the Czech’s 58.

Kanepi

Kanepi won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Bouzkova

On the other side, the Czech was pretty good at converting 75% of the break points that she procured points (3/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kanepi and Bouzkova is 2-1 for Kaia.

Draw and next match H2H: Kaia Kanepi vs. Maddison Inglis – stats

Kanepi will square off with Inglis in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Kaia Kanepi and Maddison Inglis since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

The Estonian was too good for Bouzkova and without many problems she won 6-2. Marie broke Kaia 3 times in the 3rd

(2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, the Estonian broke her opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).

The Czech was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Kanepi converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Marie was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 0-40).

They contested 43 points. Kaia was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Bouzkova (27-16). The Estonian dropped 9 points on serve (12-9). On the other side, the Czech conceded 15 points on serve (7-15).

Kanepi had a racing start in this set after breaking Marie Bouzkova in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Estonian to win the set as Marie found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Estonian kept her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

Tiebreak

Kaia won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point.

The Estonian won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

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

The Estonian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Czech converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40).

They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kaia won just 3 points more than the Czech (45-42). Kanepi lost 15 points on serve (23-15). On the losing side, Bouzkova conceded 22 points on serve (27-22).

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