
Iga Swiatek beats Kaia Kanepi 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3 in the quarter in Melbourne on Wednesday. Swiatek will fight against Danielle Rose Collins in the semifinal. The battle lasted 3 hours and 1 minute. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 4th round in 2020 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Pole added to her prize money $ 500,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 1,100,000 as of now in this competition. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add $ 1,100,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 2,200,000.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Kaia Kanepi Australian Open – Melbourne
Swiatek’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Iga scored 121 points vs. Kaia’s 116.
Swiatek
Swiatek won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Kanepi
On the other side, the Estonian was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Kanepi is 1-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Rose Collins – stats
Swiatek will compete against Rose Collins in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Iga Swiatek and Danielle Rose Collins clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Swiatek won 6-2 3-0 ret. in the quarter in Adelaide back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Kanepi conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Kanepi was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Iga was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 91 points. The Estonian conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Swiatek (48-43). Kaia lost 16 points on serve (27-16). on the other side of the court, the Pole conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
Rose Collins commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Kaia Kanepi in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Swiatek was not done to come back to break Kaia in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Iga won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
Tiebreak
Iga won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Estonian won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Pole converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A). In addition on the other side, Kanepi converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Iga won just 3 points more than Kaia (45-42). Swiatek dropped 15 points on serve (24-15). On the other side, the Estonian conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
Swiatek didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kaia Kanepi in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Iga to win the set as the Estonian managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Swiatek maintained her cool to break the Estonian in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Swiatek failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
Swiatek converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Estonian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Iga won 7 more points than Kanepi (33-26). Swiatek conceded 13 points on serve (13-13). In addition, on the other side, the Estonian conceded 20 points on serve (13-20).
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Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Madison KeysKeys (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H details and stats