Monday 23rd of June, 1st match on Court 1, at 01:00 PM (GMT)
Head To Head: Serena Williams leads 1-0
Sony Ericsson Open, Miami 2008
R16, Serena Williams d. Kaia Kanepi 63 63
YTD Statistics
Serena Williamswill go into Wimbledon seeded as 6th, with 3 titles under her belt, and a win-loss of 25-3 [89%]. Giving the fact that she lost early at RG, she had enough time to regroup, train and relax, to be in great shape for her Wimbledon campaign. The tournament that she loves a lot, and feels like home.
Kaia Kanepi will go into Wimbledon, with her current career best ranking at 36, she didn’t win any WTA titles yet, but has obtained a 26-14 record [65%]. She reached the QF at RG this year, her furthest reach in a singles tournament this year, was in Acapulco, where she lost to Flavia Pennetta in the Semis.
Career Grass Statistics
Serena Williams has collected a 39-7 [85%] win-loss record on the surface grass, during her 12 years as a pro. 37-6 is the record she has established so far at Wimbledon. She has reached the final 3 times in a row, losing just 1 to Maria Sharapova in 2004. Other players she lost to were; Virgina Ruano Pascual, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Jill Craybas and Justine Henin.
Serena’s Wimledon Profile
1998 R32, 2000 SF, 2001 QF, 2002 W
2003 W, 2004 F, 2005 R32, 2007 QF
Kaia Kanepi has collected a 3-5 [38%] win-loss record on the surface grass, during her 7 years as a pro. 1-2 is the record she has established so far at Wimbledon. Last year was her best performance so far in any grass tournament, by reaching the 2nd round, where she lost to Shahar Peer.
Kaia’s Wimbledon Profile
2006 R128, 2007 R64
Match Outcome
If we look at it logical, this could be a very easy match for Serena Williams, giving the fact that grass accentuates her super abilities even more. Although we need to take in consider that Kaia Kanepi has grown a lot the past year, and could be a threat, if she can take away Serena’s rhythym. Anyway I don’t see that happening, she could give a hard first or second set, but Serena will overpower her on all aspects of the game, resulting in a straight sets win.
My prediction
Serena Williams d. Kaia Kanepi 63 61
