Kaia and Sofia Arvidsson were defeated by Kimiko Date-Krumm and Rika Fujiwara 2:6, 6:4, 5:10 in thrilling doubles final today at e-Boks Open.

Kaia's own words: "in the second set we changed our tactics a bit - as they played very close in the net, we hit many lobs and it worked well. In the final tie-break they adjusted their game accordingly and it did not work so well. Rika played very well in the decider. But it was a bit of a lottery:) Overall we had a great tournament and we try to play doubles together in the future as well."

For Kaia this is still the best doubles result so far. It was the first time for her to play in the final of WTA 220 000$ doubles event. Kaia has previously played in the semifinals of WTA $618,000 doubles event in Brussels (2012) with Elena Bovina. Kaia and Maret Ani won the ITF $100,000 event in Biella in 2008, and Kaia with Sofia Arvidsson won the ITF $25 000 event in Jersey in 2003.

Kaia will start the clay season in the 30th of April in Portugal, where she will play at the WTA 220 000$ Estoril Open event.

Kaia and Sofia Arvidsson won the doubles semifinal match against Cornet/Parmentier 6:3, 1:6, 10:7at e-Boks Open in Copenhagen.

Kaia’s own words: „When we had fun on court, it went very well for us. In the second set we become more serious, but it did not work for us. It does not suit us, when we take the doubles game too seriously, we just need to play and enjoy it.

As we both play doubles quite seldom, we had a deal, that we take the doubles games as training, to get use to the court and get the feeling of the game and to have fun. As we are more concentrated on singles game, then doubles for us is good opportunity to play a bit different tennis.

We also agreed that in tomorrow’s final we will not start to over think it – just will take it as any other doubles match. Play as we can but also have fun.:)”

In tomorrow’s final, which is the first WTA level doubles final for Kaia, Sofia Arvidsson and Kaia will take on Date-Krumm/Fujiwara. The final will start at 12:50 CET / 13:50 Estonian time.

Kaia has previously played in the semifinals of WTA $618,000 doubles event in Brussels (2012) with Elena Bovina. Kaia and Maret Ani won the ITF $100,000 event in Biella in 2008, and Kaia with Sofia Arvidsson won the ITF $25 000 event in Jersey in 2003.

e-Boks Open doubles draw

Kaia together with Sofia Arvidsson defeated 7:6(5) 6:4 the 4th seeds Kristina Barrois/Alberta Brianti. The semifinal in on Saturday, Kaia and Sofia will meet the French team A.Cornet / P.Parmentier. Doubles draw

Kaia will meet Jelena Jancovic (WTA20) in the singles quarter-finals of eBoks Open tomorrow. The match will start not before 13 (CET), 14 (Estonian time)

Kaia and Sofia Arvidsson won 6:4 6:2 their first round doubles match against Maria Abramovic / Daniella Jeflea In the second round they will meet the winners of Barrois/Brianti and Barbat/Grage match.

Kaia will meet Australian Anastasia Rodionova (WTA 98) in her first-round match tomorrow at court number 1 as the third match of the day. The first match will start at 11 am (CET)

Doubles draw

Order of play

Kaia will play Australian Anastasia Rodionova (WTA 98) in her first-round match at e-Boks Open in Copenhagen. This will be the first meeting between Kaia and Anastasia. The match will most probably be held on Tuesday, 10th of April.

Kaia will also play doubles with Sofia Arvidsson. They will meet Maria Abramovic / Daniella Jeflea in the first round match on Monday 9th of April.

Main draw Doubles draw Order of play

Tournament website

Kaia and her tennis coach Silver Karjus decided to split after having different point of views about further co-operation. Both did not completely rule out the possibility to work together in the distant future.

Kaia is sincerely grateful to Silver for their time together. With Silver’s help, Kaia won two WTA tournaments and reached quarterfinals at Wimbledon and US Open.

Kaia’s tournament schedule has not changed; she will play at the WTA tournament in Copenhagen in April.

Kaia would like to find a replacement as soon as possible. Until then, Andrei Luzgin, her former tennis coach, has agreed to help Kaia during her practices in Tallinn.

Silver Karjus was Kaia’s tennis coach since April 2010.

Kaia will play at Indian Wells and due to her ranking (29) she will start from the second round. The first opponent will be Chanelle Scheepers, who won her first round match against Mathilde Johansson 6-3 6-3. Kaia plays on Saturday, 10th of March on court number 5, starting at 11am local time. (09:00 pm Estonian time).

Kaia will not play in Paris due to shoulder injury.