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Kaia Kanepi #25 def. Tsvetana Pironkova #46

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 26, 2012*
Tournament	Brussels
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Kaia Kanepi
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Tsvetana Pironkova

Stat	Kaia Kanepi	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aces	3	4
Double faults	6	2
First serve %	55	55
First serve points won %	77	53
Second serve points won %	48	43
Break points saved %	83	58
Break points converted %	42	17
Service points won %	64	48
Return points won %	52	36
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kaia Kanepi	Tsvetana Pironkova
Country	EST	BUL
Birth date	Jun 10, 1985	Sep 13, 1987
Age	26	24
Height	179	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	46
Ranking points (entering)	1,980	1,282
Elo (entering)	1,858	1,651
Career W-L	261–235	169–222
Career earnings	$8,492,308	$5,321,439

Pre-match H2H

Kaia Kanepi 1 – 0 Tsvetana Pironkova

Path

Kaia Kanepi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2012	R16	Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R32	Irina Falconi Hartman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kaia Kanepi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2012	SF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-7(8) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2012	R16	Nadia Petrova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R32	Eleni Daniilidou	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data