Tuesday, 30. April 2013

 

Portugal Open

Oeiras Portugal, 30.04. – 04.05.2013 / International Clay

KAIA KANEPI — KRISTINA MLADENOVIC / 51. FRA /

6:4 | 6:3

Kaia won

Kaia won in 1 hour and 24 minutes and reached to the second round.

Kaia’s own words "I played well today, I was aggressive and felt great. Now and then it was quite competitive. She served well, was aggressive. I do not know exactly what become decisive. I was more consistent, maybe that decided.

The conditions were good, there was not much wind today, and the balls were bouncing as I'm used to. In Marrakech we played with balls that flew off the racquet quite easily and bounced very high. Sometimes the misses were 10 meters from the line. The others had similar troubles :) Today I played confidently and I was not afraid to loose control over the ball. It was good match; I do not know what to add.

Tomorrow is a new match. I have not played against Sorana lately. She hits hard but I do not know exactly how well she currently plays."

Kaia will meet Sorana Cirstea (ROU, WTA 26) in the second round match tomorrow. Cirstea is leading their head-to-head by 3:2. Kaia lost their last meeting in the decider in March 2010. head-to-head

 

Wednesday, 01. May 2013

 

Portugal Open

Oeiras Portugal, 30.04. – 04.05.2013 / International Clay

KAIA KANEPI — SORANA CIRSTEA / 26. ROU /

6:1 | 6:2

Kaia won

Kaia won the 5th seed and reached to the quarterfinals.

Kaia's own words: “I played well, I had great feel for the ball today. I felt strong and it was great to play. I was more aggressive today. As she usually attacks every ball, I did not want my shots to be short. I tried to move her around and play courageously. Everything worked out great today. She did make quite many errors, but you can never count on your opponent’s mistakes. You never know when she starts making the shots. I had to be aggressive till the end.

I do not know much about my possible next round’s opponents. I have not played against neither of them.”

Kaia will meet Ayumi Morita (JPN, WTA 43) or Urszula Radwanska (POL, WTA 32) tomorrow.

The match has just ended and Kaia's opponent tomorrow will be Ayumi Morita.

 

Thursday, 02. May 2013

 

Portugal Open

Oeiras Portugal, 30.04. – 04.05.2013 / International Clay

KAIA KANEPI — AYUMI MORITA / 43. JPN /

6:4 | 6:3

Kaia won

Kaia won and reached to the semi final of Portugal Open.

Kaia’s own words: “I am satisfied with match in general. I was a bit too defensive in the beginning, she got the opportunity to attack. I had to hit lots slices and could not hit my normal shots. Then in the middle of the first set I tried to become more aggressive myself. It seems like it takes me some time to get used to playing aggressively right from the start. I’m a bit shy in the beginning. My opponent played very well, although she is quite short, she attacked higher balls well.

We will see how it goes tomorrow. I know that Navarro is a great player. We will try to think of something to make her life a bit more difficult.

I have not had many slumps during the matches in this tournament so far. I have not made bunch of errors in a row. My game has been a bit more consistent here than in pervious tournaments.”

Kaia will meet Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP, WTA 23) in the semis. They met last time in the final of Estoril Open last year and Kaia won in a very close match. Previous matches The match will start tomorrow at 12:25 local time /14:24 Estonian time.

 

Friday, 03. May 2013

 

Portugal Open

Oeiras Portugal, 30.04. – 04.05.2013 / International Clay

KAIA KANEPI — CARLA SUAREZ NAVARRO / 23. ESP /

4:6 | 1:6

Kaia lost

Kaia lost today and could not defend her title this time.

Kaia’s own words: „It was not a good day for me. I tried to figure out how to play but felt that I just did not have any weapons today. I did not have much energy and so it went. She played very well, very successfully and there was nothing for me to do today. Now I can recover a little and prepare for the tournament in Madrid. The main draw matches will start already tomorrow and i will most probably play on Sunday."

Next tournament will be Madrid Open. Kaia will play against Flavia Pennetta (ITA, WTA 107) in the first round. main draw

The match will be helt on Sunday at court nr 7 as the second match of the day. First match starts at 11 local time / 12 Estonian time.