Kaia Kanepi wins Brisbane International for second career title
At the Brisbane International, which is now a Premier tournament, Kaia Kanepi won her second and biggest title after beating Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 6-1 in the final. Her maiden WTA title came two years ago...
How likely is an Australian Open warm-up tournament winner to win the Melbourne Grand Slam?
In life and in tennis we like to recognize some patterns and predict future based on current facts. Our stats analyst Omair made sure to present us the historical patterns of the Australian part...
Weekend winners: Kanepi victorious in Estoril, Errani in Budapest
The blue Madrid Open was already heating up while the week’s touraments were coming to a close - Kaia Kanepi saved two match points in the Estoril Open final before defeating Carla Suarez Navarro...
Kanepi survives two choking sessions to defeat Wozniacki in third round of Roland Garros
Kaia Kanepi survived one immense choking session and one regular-size choking session to beat Caroline Wozniacki in the third round of Roland Garros 6-1 6-7(3) 6-3 on the fifth match point.
Let's first mention the...
Interview: London Olympics calling Kanepi
David Fearnhead, long-time reader of Women's Tennis Blog, professional journalist and author of novel Bailey of the Saints (out now!), did a Q&A with Kaia Kanepi about the Olympics. The interview's timing is perfect, as Kanepi...
Roland Garros WTA awards: Clay Queen, Cinderella, Underachiever, Headcase, Biggest Choker
Women's Tennis Blog's contributor Omair is known for his statistical approach to tennis, but now he's summing up the claycourt season, awarding the WTA players titles based on their performance at Roland Garros 2012....
Injury misfortune for Kaia Kanepi for her third Olympics in a row
Estonian No.1 and world No.16 Kaia Kanepi has not healed from her Achilles injury and has thus withdrawn from the 2012 London Olympics. Unbelievable! Before the 2004 Athens Olympics, Kanepi broke her little finger when she fell...
Pennetta, Kuznetsova, Kanepi, Baltacha withdraw from US Open
The US Open starts in six days and so far we know that four WTA players will not participate: Flavia Pennetta of Italy, the 2004 US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, Kaia Kanepi...
Top seed Bartoli retires in Guangzhou, Kanepi and Wozniacki cruise in Seoul
Marion Bartoli, top seed at the GRC Bank Guangzhou International Women's Open and quarterfinalist at the recent US Open, retired in the first round while trailing Taiwan’s Chang Kai-Chen 4-3. The reason for the withdrawal...
Wozniacki wins Seoul for first title in a year
Caroline Wozniacki has ended a more than a year long title drought by taking the Korea Open, which has upgraded from a $220,000 event to $500,000. In the 62-minute final, the top seed lost...
