Kolkata IND, 19.09. – 25.09.2005 / Tier III
Kolkata IND, 19.09. – 25.09.2005 / Tier III
At the $170,000 WTA Tour tournament in Kolkata, India Kaia faced 106th ranked Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in second round. After losing first set in tie-break 5-7 she managed to save a match-point against her in second set tie-break (tie-break 8-6) and turn the whole match to her favour. The final set was already pretty quick - 6-1 to Kaia. Also, the strenght of the opponent can be seen from the fact that she is the current No 1 doubles player in the world!
Well done, Kaia!
In quarterfinal she will meet the winner of the match between fourth seed Maria Elena Camerin of Italy (#100) and Sybille Bammer of Austria (#95). Quarterfinal will be played on Friday.
Kolkata IND, 19.09. – 25.09.2005 / Tier III
At the $170,000 WTA Tour tournament in Kolkata, India Kaia faced 95th ranked Sybille Bammer of Austria in quarterfinal. The first set was very close - Kaia won it 7-5, but second set looked already easier (score-wise) 6-3. "I'm very happy to reach my first Tour semifinal," Kaia said following her quarterfinal win. "It's been a long way back from my injury, but I feel like I'm playing close to my best again. I'm really going to be trying my best to reach the final."
Kaia is the first Estonian woman to reach a WTA Tour singles semifinal - great achievement! In semis she will face the top seed Anastasia Myskina (#12) of Russia. Tomorrows semifinal will start at 17:00 local time (13:30 CET).
Good luck!
Kolkata IND, 19.09. – 25.09.2005 / Tier III