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Kaia Kanepi #115 def. Aryna Sabalenka #2

5-7 6-2 7-6(7)

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2022*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kaia Kanepi
Score	5-7 6-2 7-6(7)
Loser	Aryna Sabalenka

Stat	Kaia Kanepi	Aryna Sabalenka
Aces	5	7
Double faults	4	15
First serve %	49	64
First serve points won %	73	71
Second serve points won %	59	46
Break points saved %	62	69
Break points converted %	31	38
Service points won %	66	62
Return points won %	38	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kaia Kanepi	Aryna Sabalenka
Country	EST	BLR
Birth date	Jun 10, 1985	May 5, 1998
Age	36	23
Height	179	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	115	2
Ranking points (entering)	673	5,698
Elo (entering)	1,749	1,955
Career W-L	261–235	399–138
Career earnings	$8,492,308	$50,259,447

Pre-match H2H

Kaia Kanepi 1 – 0 Aryna Sabalenka

Path

Kaia Kanepi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2022	R32	Maddison Inglis	2-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2022	R64	Marie Bouzkova	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2022	R128	Angelique Kerber	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kaia Kanepi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2022	QF	Iga Swiatek	6-4 6-7(2) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2022	R32	Marketa Vondrousova	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2022	R64	Xinyu Wang	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2022	R128	Storm Hunter	5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data