On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday Polish (3:00 at the earliest) will play in the quarter-finals. For the Pole, the game in the quarter-finals is her best result in the history of the Grand Slam starts in Melbourne. In the previous round, Świątek eliminated the Romanian Sorana Cirstea 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 3 after a murderous and fierce duel. Kanepi, on the other hand, unexpectedly won with number two in the world ranking – Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
– It was a really tough game and I’m exhausted. I was close to failure. In fact, I thought I was going to lose after wasting three match balls that I had on my site. I don’t know how I won this duel. During the service, my nerves were shaking so much that I was afraid I would miss the ball -.
– The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam in which I did not reach the quarter-finals and I did not believe that I would be able to do it at my age. I am very happy that I have succeeded now – added Kanepi.
Kanepi spoke on Iga Świątek. “I don’t know how the ball behaves after hitting it”
The Estonian also spoke about Świątek before their upcoming direct duel in the quarter-finals of the AO. – I have not watched her, I have never played with her, I do not know how the ball behaves after her hits. I’ll find out when we get out on the court. I expect to play well, Kanepi said at a press conference.
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The Estonian reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time in her career. So far, in this tournament, her greatest success was reaching the third round three times (in 2009, 2018 and 2021).
In the past, Świątek did not have the opportunity to compete with Kai Kanepi. The meeting will be available on Eurosport and Player.pl.
Source: Sport
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