On January 26, Beijing time, the Australian Open women's singles 1/4 final, after a 3 hour and 01 minute of bitter battle, the 36-year-old veteran Kanepi sadly out, in the case of winning the first set first, Canepi lost two consecutive sets, and finally was reversed by The 7th seed Svatek with a large score of 1-2.
In the first set, Canepi completed a key break in the seventh set. In the tenth set, Carnepi seized the opportunity of the ninth set to win the first set 6-4 in the set, leading 7th seed Svatek 1-0.
In the second set, it was Carnepi who took the lead in the first set to break. In the second set, Swartec completed a comeback to cash in on her sixth break point of the match. Swataker then saved the third set. In the fourth set, Swatak broke again and established a 3-1 lead in the set. In the fifth set, Swataker managed to save the set, bringing the set to a 4-1 lead.
Subsequently, the situation on the field suddenly changed! In the sixth inning, Canepi saved. In the seventh set, Canepi also achieved a return inning to chase the innings to 3-4. In the eighth inning, Canepi continued to hold on. The General Bureau drew 4-4, with Kanepi winning three consecutive sets and tenaciously pulling the second set back to the same running line.
After that, both of them each saved 2 sets, and the second set went to the seven-set tiebreaker! In the tie-7 battle, Swatak laughed 7-2 to the end, and successfully won a set 7-6 in the set.
In the decider, Swatek broke first and then saved again, setting the advantage at 2-0. Not to be outdone, Canepi held the serve + broke to tie the set to 2-2. A break breakout was staged, with Swatak breaking again in the fifth set and then holding on, 4-2 innings to establish another advantage. In the seventh set, Kanepi's serve was again lost. In the eighth set, Svatek's serve to win the game was also broken. In the ninth inning, Swatak cashed in on the match point with a break! Won the decider 6-3 in the set and advanced to the Australian Open women's singles quarterfinals with a 2-1 comeback.
Estonian veteran Kanepi, who has turned 36, is about to celebrate his 37th birthday in 2022 and is currently ranked only 115th in the world. However, this year's Australian Open, Canepi has a second spring, winning 4 games in a row, including 2 seeds of Leenk Cobelle and Sabalenka, the 7th time in his career to reach the 8th round of the Grand Slam women's singles, thus achieving the achievement of the all-eight grand slams, and also achieving 14 victories against the world's top ten, however, the previous 6 Grand Slam 1/4 finals, Canepi all lost and won a total of one set, this Time the Australian Open, Canepi fell in the women's singles 1/4 final, 7 consecutive impacts of the 4th grand slam failed, Quite sad!
With Swartec eliminating Kanepi, the top 4 women's singles at this Year's Australian Open was born:
In the top half, top seed Barty vs American Star Case
Bottom half, No. 7 seed Swartec vs American dark horse Collins