MELBOURNE, Australia
There was no stunning defeat for Simona Halep at the Australian Open on Tuesday night against one of the game's most dangerous floaters.
In a rematch of an opening-round upset from the last Grand Slam of 2018, the World No.1 rallied from a set down to defeat Estonian No.2 Kaia Kanepi, 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-2, to book her spot in the second round in Melbourne.
NEW YORK, NY, USA
Serena Williams of the United States kept her quest for a 24th Grand Slam title alive, maneuvering past Estonia's Kaia Kanepi, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3, in a fourth-round battle on Arthur Ashe Stadium at the US Open
"I never play my best tennis here, even if I've done quarterfinals, semifinals," she said after a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Kaia Kanepi. "I feel like my game is not at its best, at the best level. But always I fight for every match."
NEW YORK, NY, USA
Top seed Simona Halep’s US Open campaign was cut short in the first round at the hands of an inspired Kaia Kanepi, who needed just two sets to score first big upset of the US Open, 6-2, 6-4.
BRISBANE, Australia
In a battle of two former champions, it was Karolina Pliskova who survived a marathon effort against Kaia Kanepi in the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International on Thursday, coming from a set down to record a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory.
“I was little bit surprised the first set and a half how she played. I knew how she's playing, but I think she played very good,” Pliskova assessed of the match.
The No. 15 seed became the final piece of an all-American puzzle on Wednesday night at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, joining three other Americans in the US Open semifinals. The Californian strolled confidently past Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, 6-3, 6-3.
Keys blasted eight aces in crushing Kanepi.
Four Americans in the semifinals is "pretty awesome," said Keys.
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