Kanepi Wins First WTA Tournament of Her Career

Estonia’s best tennis player Kaia Kanepi (WTA No. 38) won a WTA tournament for the first time in her life on Sunday. Kanepi defeated Italian Flavia Pennetta (WTA No. 12) 6:4, 6:3 in the finals of the Palermo women’s tennis tournament, which earned her a $220 000 prize. She is the first Estonian to win a WTA title.

This was the third time in her career Kanepi reached the finals in a WTA tournament. In the fall of 2006 she was defeated in the Hasselt final by Kim Clijsters, and in fall of 2008 she lost to Caroline Wozniacki in Tokyo.