Adelaide International 2: Kanepi through to last 16, to meet Badosa
Kaia Kanepi beat Storm Hunter 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday
Kaia Kanepi competes at the Australian Open 2022 AI / Reuters / panoramic
Estonian lucky loser Kaia Kanepi reached the last 16 of the Adelaide International 2 tournament by winning against Australian wildcard Storm Hunter 6-2, 6-2 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Tuesday.
Kanepi, ranked No 32, will face Spain’s Paula Badosa, who defeated Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 6-3 in the last match of the day.
Adelaide WTA 500, other first round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Veronika Kudermetova (6) beat Victoria Azarenka (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Katerina Siniakova (Q) beat Anastasia Potapova (LL): 6-1, 1-0 ret.
- Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Jelena Ostapenko: 6-3, 6-4
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Alison Riske-Amritraj (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Qinwen Zheng (Q) beat Shelby Rogers (LL): 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
- Amanda Anisimova (LL) beat Liudmila Samsonova: 7-5, 6-3
- Belinda Bencic (8) beat Garbine Muguruza (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Jaimee Fourlis (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sorana Cirstea (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Danielle Collins (10) beat Karolina Pliskova (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Petra Kvitova (12) beat Elena Rybakina: 6-3, 7-5
- Jil Teichmann (Q) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 7-5, 6-4
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