Kaia Kanepi overcomes Martincova in the 1st round of the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Kanepi wins against Martincova to come up against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Tereza Martincova

Kaia Kanepi dispatches Tereza Martincova 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Kanepi is going to play against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2010 and 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kanepi
New York
Kanepi's Record

Kaia added to her prize money $ 41,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 121,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kaia will add $ 67,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 188,000 in total.

Highlights Kaia Kanepi vs. Tereza Martincova U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kanepi
Martincova
Kaia Kanepi
7-64 6-3
1h:33
Tereza Martincova
73
73
Total points
66
66
36
36
Winners
33
33
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
24
24
Unforced
21
21
53%
53%
Ratio Unforced
47%
47%
4/6
4/6
Net Approaches
3/4
3/4
67%
67%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
63%
63%
1st in
74%
74%
73%
73%
1st won
73%
73%
36/49
36/49
1st won
33/45
33/45
55%
55%
2nd won
44%
44%
16/29
16/29
2nd won
7/16
7/16
180
180
Fastest serve
170
170
155
155
AVG 1st Serve
151
151
129
129
AVG 2nd Serve
137
137
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
1/5
1/5
50%
50%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Kanepi scored 73 points vs. Tereza’s 66.

Kanepi

Kaia was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (2/4).

Martincova

On the other side, Tereza was not so effective in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kanepi and Martincova is 2-0 for Kaia.

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

Kanepi will play Sabalenka in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Kaia Kanepi and Aryna Sabalenka face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kanepi won 5-7 6-2 7-67 in the 4th round in Melbourne back in January 2022.

Kaia Kanepi Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Kanepi conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Tereza Martincova in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Kanepi succeeded in coming back to break the Czech in the 3rd (1-2) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

Kanepi won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Martincova won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.

The Estonian won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

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

Kaia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-2 15-40). On the other side, Martincova converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 82 points. This set was so close that, The Estonian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Kanepi lost 17 points on serve (31-17). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 10 points on serve (24-10).

Kanepi took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Tereza Martincova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for the Estonian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

The Estonian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kaia didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 57 points. The Estonian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Czech (32-25). Kanepi conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).

 

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