round. She lost in the third round to eighth seed and world No. 10, Ons Jabeur. At the French Open, she beat 10th seed and 2016 champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the first round. After beating Beatriz Haddad Maia in the second round, she lost to the eventual finalist Coco Gauff in the third. At Wimbledon, Kanepi lost to Diane Parry in the first round. In August, Kanepi reached the finals of the WTA 250 Washington Open, losing to the Russian Liudmila Samsonova. At the US Open, Kanepi lost in the second round to Aryna Sabalenka, in three sets. Kanepi had two match points, but failed to convert any. 2023 Kanepi started her 2023 season playing at the 2 Adelaide Internationals. At the Australian Open, seeded No. 31, Kanepi lost in the first round to wildcard Kimberly Birrell in a three set match lasting two hours and 32 minutes. Playing style Kanepi builds up her game around her powerful groundstrokes. Her serve is considered to be one of the strongest on the WTA Tour. Kanepi frequently hits 170 km/h to 180 km/h serves. She generally serves away from her opponent but sometimes prefers to hit a powerful body first serve in order to push back and pin her opponent behind the baseline. But on occasions her serve can break down, which affects her game. In 2008, she began to improve her volleying skills and under her coach Luca Appino begun to use sliced backhand more often, thus making her playing more versatile. She likes to return serves mainly with her backhand which she hits flat and tries to position herself to receive with backhand but is also capable of hitting good service returns with her forehand as well. She generally ends points early but she is capable of playing long rallies and reducing her unforced error count. Overall, she is an offensive baseliner but depending on the game situation and scoreboard Kanepi can play a more defensive game. Sponsorship For a long time Kanepi was sponsored by Infortar, the largest shareholder of Tallink, a major ferry company in the Baltic Sea. Their sponsorship ended in February 2010, but later started again and finally ended in 2017. Career statistics Grand Slam performances Singles Doubles Notes References External links 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Haapsalu Estonian female tennis players French Open junior champions Olympic tennis players of Estonia Tennis players at the