third seed Veronika Kudermetova. At the Madrid Open, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Kateryna Kozlova. Playing the first edition of the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, she fell in the first round to third seed and eventual champion, Coco Gauff. At the French Open, she was eliminated in the first round by 20th seed and 2019 finalist, Markéta Vondroušová. At Wimbledon, Kanepi lost in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova. As the top seed at the $25k ITF tournament in Pärnu, she won her 19th ITF title by beating Anna Sisková in the final. Playing at the first edition of the Chicago Women's Open, she was defeated in the second round by eighth seed Marta Kostyuk. Ranked 70 at the US Open, she upset 31st seed, Yulia Putintseva, in the first round. She fell in the second round to eventual finalist, Leylah Fernandez. As the top seed at the $25k tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, Kanepi won her 20th ITF tournament by beating Kayla Day in the final. At the first edition of the Chicago Fall Classic, she was eliminated in the first round by 16th seed Jil Teichmann. Competing at the Indian Wells Open, she was beaten in the first round by Madison Keys. Kanepi ended the season ranked 72. 2022: Australian Open QF Kanepi started her 2022 season at the first edition of the Melbourne Summer Set 1. She beat Jaqueline Cristian in the first round in three sets. She lost in the second round to Ana Konjuh. Ranked 115 at the Australian Open, she stunned 16th seed, 2016 champion, and former world no. 1, Angelique Kerber, in the first round. In the fourth round, she upset second seed and world No. 2, Aryna Sabalenka, in a close match with a third set super-tiebreak to reach her first quarterfinal at this major and the last one of all the majors, completing a career set of Grand Slam quarterfinals. With the victory over Sabalenka, it was her 14th career top-10 win, and ninth at a Grand Slam. She fell in her quarterfinal match to seventh seed Iga Świątek. In March, Kanepi competed at the Indian Wells Open. In the second round, she defeated 22nd seed Belinda Bencic. She was eliminated from the tournament in the third round by qualifier Harriet Dart. At the Miami Open, she beat 32nd seed Sara Sorribes Tormo, in the second