In the 1/16 finals of the WTA tournament in Estonia, local tennis player Kaya Kanepi will play against Elena Ostapenko from Latvia.
Kaya KanepiThe 37-year-old representative of Estonia is just getting ready to start at the home tournament.
The last time Kanepi played was at the US Open. At the Grand Slam tournament in the USA, Kaya reached only the 1/32 finals, where she lost in three sets to Arina Sobolenko from Belarus – 2:6; 7:6 (10:8); 6:4. This game was on the evening of the first of September.
Elena OstapenkoThe 25-year-old representative of Latvia, in turn, has not even played doubles matches at the tournament in Tallinn yet.
At the same time, last week Ostapenko played quite well at the WTA tournament in Seoul. Elena reached the final of the tournament, where she lost in two sets to Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova – 6:7 (4:7); 0:6. This game was on September 25.
Olena Ostapenko and Kaya Kanepi played together twice, the matches were in 2018 and 2020. So far, there is a temporary draw in this confrontation. The tennis players exchanged victories with a score of 2:0 in sets.
ForecastIn this match, Kaia Kanepi is considered by the bookmakers to be a pretty clear favorite.
At the same time, the tennis player from Estonia has not played for a long time, and therefore a stubborn struggle should turn out here. We suggest that you bet more than 20.5 games on the total.