Arantxa Rus vs Kaia Kanepi — Bucharest Qualifying Round 1

Bucharest · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Arantxa Rus
NED
Arantxa Rus
#183WTA
1511ELO
1500Clay ELO
35 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 July 2017
clay
EST
Kaia Kanepi
41 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Rus A.
6-4 6-7 6-0
Kanepi K.
Rus A.
66262
Kanepi K.
47701

Arantxa Rus defeated Kaia Kanepi 6-4 6-7 6-0 in the Bucharest qualifying round 1 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Kaia Kanepi came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Arantxa Rus claimed a first win over Kaia Kanepi in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-05-28Roland GarrosR16clayKaia Kanepi6-1 4-6 6-0
2010-02-15MemphisR32hardKaia Kanepi6-0 6-4
2009-04-06MarbellaR16clayKaia Kanepi7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Rus A.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Kanepi K.

Kanepi K.serving51% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Rus A.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Rus A.Kanepi K.
1st serve in·Clear edge
71%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
61%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
54%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.0
3.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.5
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 187). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Rus A.Kanepi K.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
15
39
Break points saved·Clear edge
51
69
Break points won·Clear edge
86
70
Deciding sets·Dominant
16
57
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
0
15

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Rus A.Kanepi K.
Freshness·
100
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Rus A.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q3
Dulgheru A.
Seguel D.
6-36-2
Karatantcheva S.
Pattinama Kerkhove L.
1-66-36-4
Rus A.
Kalinina A.
6-26-4
Frech M.
Lukas T.
6-47-5
Q2
Rus A.
Craciun G.
6-36-2
Dulgheru A.
Paolini J.
6-34-66-4
Lukas T.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-47-63
Seguel D.
Pella C.
6-13-66-3
Karatantcheva S.
Fomina A.
4-66-46-3
Frech M.
Wongteanchai V.
6-36-4
Pattinama Kerkhove L.
Shapatava S.
4-67-56-4
Kalinina A.
Stollar F.
6-36-4
Q1
Frech M.
Pivovarova A.
6-26-0
Lukas T.
Wallace I.
6-06-727-5
Cadantu Ignatik A.
Dascalu N.
6-47-5
Stollar F.
Dinu C.
7-636-3
Kalinina A.
Di Giuseppe M.
6-46-2
Karatantcheva S.
Fett J.
6-33-66-4
Craciun G.
Tan H.
7-56-1
Pella C.
Mrdeza T.
6-16-1
Seguel D.
Moore J.
7-656-2
Shapatava S.
Jaksic J.
6-46-736-2
Paolini J.
Argyelan C.
6-06-1
Dulgheru A.
Dabrowski G.
6-07-5
Rus A.
Kanepi K.
6-46-726-0
Wongteanchai V.
Piter K.
1-67-56-3
Pattinama Kerkhove L.
Udvardy P.
6-06-2