On January 26, Beijing time, the Australian Open women's singles field ushered in a very wonderful game. Kanepi, who is only 115th in the world ranking, lost 6-4 2-6 3-6 to 7th seed Swataker. The match lasted 3 hours and 1 minutes, and the 37-year-old veteran Canepi performed with respect. At the moment of victory, Swateck was also extremely excited, and she raised her arms to celebrate her victory.
As a 37-year-old veteran, Kanepi has reached the twilight of his career. As a famous giant killer in the WTA arena, Kanepi played a phenomenon-level performance at the Australian Open. In the first round, she upset 3-time Grand Slam champion Kerber. In the quarter-finals, Kanepi defeated No. 2 seed Sabalenka. After reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, Carnepi also achieved the feat of breaking into the top-8 of all four Grand Slams.
Kanepi's opponent in this battle is Svatek, a young post-00s young man from Poland. As a 21-year-old, Swartec is already the French Open women's singles champion and the first Polish player in history to win a Grand Slam singles title. Moreover, Swataker's current world ranking is high in 9th place, which is different from Carnepi's world ranking of 115. The two sides have not met before, which is also the first time in their careers that the two have met.
In the first set, the two sides each sent break points in the first 6 sets, but both were tenacious to resolve. In the 7th inning, Swatak suddenly lost form with a 30-0 lead, and Kanepi broke down four consecutive points. In the 9th set, facing a serve with no way back in the first set, Svatek finally struggled to save after saving 5 sets and experiencing 10 equal points! But in the 10th set, Swatek failed to create a miracle, and Kanepi finally struggled to save the first set and win the first set 6-4 in the 10th set.
In the second set, the two sides broke in the first two sets. In the 3rd set, Swartec managed to save serve and broke in the 4th set to take a 4-1 lead. But soon, Kanepi completed a comeback in the 7th set, and after saving the 8th set, the two drew 4-4. The two then each saved the set and made it 6-6 to grab seven. On the seventh, Swatek won a set 6-2.
In the third set, Carnepi's physical strength was obviously a little weak. He was broken in the first set. In the 4th set, Kanepi struggled to complete the comeback. But in the 5th inning she was again broken. In the 6th set, Swartec dodged the break point to save the set, then led the score to 5-2 and took the ball to win the game. As a result, Kanepi was very tenacious and broke the opponent's serve to win the game. Unfortunately, In the last set, Carnepi failed to save his serve, and finally lost the decider 3-6 and lost 1-2.