Kanepi Beats Wickmayer in 3 Sets at US Open

Noticing Maria Sharapova won 6-0, 6-0 the other day, Kaia Kanepi mentioned to her trainer that the last time she was the victim of a double bagel she was 13.

It was looking as though she had jinxed herself when she failed to win a game in her first set against Yanina Wickmayer on Monday in the fourth round of the U.S. Open.

“I thought, ‘Wow, I need to take a game,”’ Kanepi said.

Taking the match wasn’t part of the thought process. She did win a game, then another, then another—and all of a sudden, Kanepi had a three-set victory and a spot in the quarterfinals.

The 31st-seeded Kanepi beat Wickmayer, a 2009 U.S. Open semifinalist, 0-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1.

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Associated Press