Estonian tennis player has earned $200,000 in US Open
07.09.2010, 17:00By winning yesterday's match against Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer at the US Open, Estonia's Kaia Kanepi has by now earned a cool 200,000 US dollars in the event, writes aripaev.ee
The 31-year-old was made to work for the money, though, since she had to recover from a horrendous first set and turn the match around. The final scoreline was 0-6 7-6 6-1.
She found herself 6-0 1-0 down in the second set and facing two break points on her serve. "I had a little luck. I was 15-40 on my serve and I served two aces," she said. "I said to myself, '15-40, just go for it.' So I relaxed. "Then the match started turning around from my side. That game from 15-40 was the key moment. I had nothing to lose, so I just went for a powerful serve, and it was a good serve, an ace. And then the next point was an ace too."
Kanepi had knocked out number four seed Jelena Jankovic in the previous round.
She has earned 1.6 million US dollars in prize money during her career.