Anett Kontaveit prevails over Kaia Kanepi 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Tallinn on Saturday in what was an all-Estonian match. Kontaveit will fight against Barbora Krejcikova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Kaia Kanepi Tallinn Open – Tallinn
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:20
At the end of the match, Anett scored 66 points vs. Kanepi’s 55.
Kontaveit
Anett didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (3/5).
Kanepi
On the other side, Kanepi was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Kontaveit and Kanepi is 1-0 for Anett.
Draw and next match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats
Kontaveit will compete against Krejcikova in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Anett Kontaveit and Barbora Krejcikova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kontaveit and Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Krejcikova won 0-6 6-4 7-612 in the semifinal in Sydney back in January 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Kontaveit came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Kaia Kanepi in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Kontaveit to win the set since Kaia found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Anett failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
Kontaveit converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Kaia converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Kontaveit was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Kanepi (36-31). Kontaveit lost 15 points on serve (22-15). on the other side of the net, Kanepi conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Kontaveit had a strong start of this set after breaking Kaia Kanepi in the 1st game (1-0). That was sufficient for Anett to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.
Anett was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40). On the other side, Kontaveit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. Kontaveit won 6 points more than Kanepi (31-25). Kontaveit dropped 8 points on serve (22-8). In addition, on the other side, Kaia conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
Tennis Scores in Tallinn
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Kaia KanepiKanepi (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Belinda BencicBencic (6-75 7-62 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
