Kaia Kanepi tops Strycova in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Zheng at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Kanepi conquers Strycova to take on Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Barbora Strycova

Kaia Kanepi downs Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Kanepi will try to keep the momentum against Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. Her best result 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

Kanepi added to her prize money $ 41,500 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 123,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Estonian will add $ 68,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 191,000 in total.

Highlights Kaia Kanepi vs. Barbora Strycova U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kanepi
Strycova
Kaia Kanepi
6-4 6-4
1h:38
Barbora Strycova
72
72
Total points
60
60
23
23
Winners
26
26
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
35
35
Unforced
38
38
48%
48%
Ratio Unforced
52%
52%
9/16
9/16
Net Approaches
8/15
8/15
56%
56%
Perc
53%
53%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
7
7
57%
57%
1st in
53%
53%
72%
72%
1st won
65%
65%
23/32
23/32
1st won
26/40
26/40
71%
71%
2nd won
50%
50%
17/24
17/24
2nd won
18/36
18/36
170
170
Fastest serve
167
167
150
150
AVG 1st Serve
153
153
129
129
AVG 2nd Serve
132
132
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
1/1
1/1
75%
75%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Kanepi scored 72 points vs. Strycova’s 60.

Kanepi

Kanepi was pretty good at converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (3/4).

Strycova

On the other side, Barbora was fantastic in converting the only break point that she converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Kanepi and Strycova is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Kaia Kanepi vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Kanepi will compete against Zheng in the 2nd round.

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

Kaia Kanepi Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kanepi HTML
KanepiStrycova
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K
0
0
S
0
0

Kanepi was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Barbora Strycova in the 1st game (1-0). That was enough for Kanepi to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

Kanepi converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Estonian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 64 points. The Estonian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Czech (35-29). Kaia lost 7 points on serve (22-7). On the other side, the Czech conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).

2nd Set -
Kanepi Not
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0
0
0
0

Kanepi won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Kanepi broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.

The Estonian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, Strycova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They played 68 points. Kanepi won 6 more points than Strycova (37-31). Kaia surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the net, Strycova conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).

1st
Kanepi
Strycova
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Kanepi
Strycova
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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