TENNIS SCORES. Kaia Kanepi aces Hibi in the qualifications in New York

Kaia Kanepi ousts Mayo Hibi 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in New York on Saturday. Kanepi will clash against Nadiya Kichenok in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Estonian won the set after she broke Hibi in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. The Japanese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Kaia stayed solid before winning the set 6-3.

2^nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Estonian conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kaia scored 76 points vs. Mayo’s 61 points.

The Estonian served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (33/42) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 45% points (13/29) on her second serve. Kanepi won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Mayo was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 25% of her break points (1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Kanepi and Hibi is 1-0 for Kaia.

Next Match: Kaia Kanepi vs. Nadiya Kichenok – stats

Kanepi will fight against Kichenok in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Kaia Kanepi and Nadiya Kichenok since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in New York

• Viktorija GolubicViktorija – Astra SharmaAstra (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Kaia KanepiKaia – Mayo HibiMayo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesca Di LorenzoFrancesca – Whitney OsuigweWhitney (6-4 3-6 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Anastasia PotapovaAnastasia – Zhaoxuan YangZhaoxuan (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundLaura – Claire LiuClaire (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Lin ZhuLin – Pauline ParmentierPauline (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteMagda – Sophie ChangSophie (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Fiona FerroFiona – Jana FettJana (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Anna BlinkovaAnna – Maria SanchezMaria (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jil TeichmannJil – Belinda WoolcockBelinda (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nadiya KichenokNadiya – Natalia VikhlyantsevaNatalia (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Elizabeth MandlikElizabeth – Ying-Ying DuanYing-Ying (6-3 0-6 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jil TeichmannJil – Laura SiegemundLaura (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fiona FerroFiona – Elizabeth MandlikElizabeth (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktorija GolubicViktorija – Lin ZhuLin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PotapovaAnastasia – Francesca Di LorenzoFrancesca (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kaia KanepiKaia – Nadiya KichenokNadiya (0-0) – See H2H details
• Magda LinetteMagda – Anna BlinkovaAnna (0-0) – See H2H details
• Coco VandewegheCoco – Ajla TomljanovicAjla (1-0) – See H2H details
• Shuai ZhangShuai – Andrea PetkovicAndrea (0-2) – See H2H details
• Camila GiorgiCamila – Margarita GasparyanMargarita (1-1) – See H2H details
• Kateryna KozlovaKateryna – Alize CornetAlize (0-1) – See H2H details
• Karolina MuchovaKarolina – Viktoria KuzmovaViktoria (0-0) – See H2H details
• Polona HercogPolona – Aliaksandra SasnovichAliaksandra (1-1) – See H2H details
• Katerina SiniakovaKaterina – Yafan WangYafan (1-0) – See H2H details
• Veronika KudermetovaVeronika – Bernarda PeraBernarda (2-1) – See H2H details