2011 Kaia Kanepi

kanepi @ 2011 french open

kanepi started season loss bojana jovanovski, in first round of 2011 medibank international sydney. next tournament 2011 australian open, 20th seed. there, defeated magdaléna rybáriková in first round, fell julia görges in round two. kanepi, third seed, reached semifinal in 2011 open gdf suez, beat anastasija sevastova, sofia arvidsson , dominika cibulková. in semifinal, faced first seed kim clijsters, strong kanepi time, , kanepi lost match in straight sets.

kanepi 14th seed @ indian wells masters. had bye in first round, , in second round defeated gisela dulko. lost in third round 23rd seed yanina wickmayer. @ 2011 sony ericsson open, 14th seed lost virginie razzano in opening match after having first round bye.

she lost opening matches @ 2011 mutua madrid open , 2011 internazionali bnl d italia julia görges , romina oprandi respectively. qualified 2011 brussels open defeated yanina wickmayer in first round. @ 2011 french open, seeded 16th, beat sofia arvidsson , britain s heather watson in straight sets, before being upset in third round unseeded ekaterina makarova.

kanepi had poor grass court season. lost opening round matches @ birmingham qualifier arina rodionova after having first round bye, @ eastbourne 4th seed francesca schiavone , @ wimbledon sara errani. consequently fell out of top 30.

kanepi lost in second round @ 2011 open qualifier sílvia soler espinosa. had results during asian swing. @ toray pan pacific open, kanepi beat world number 1 caroline wozniacki in third round reach quarterfinals, lost agnieszka radwańska. @ china open, met wozniacki in 3rd round again lost time. kanepi reached final @ moscow, losing dominika cibulkova in 3 sets. reached semifinals of itf event in helsinki.