Kaia Kanepi

Kaia Kanepi has been in the Top 100 for a couple of years now, but the powerful 23-year-old shifted gears at the French Open last spring when she defeated sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze and clay court specialist Anabel Medina Garrigues on her way to the quarters – becoming the first player from Estonia to do so well at a Slam.
 

Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska and seventh seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy both claimed straight-set victories at the Linz Open.
 
Poland's Radwanska (pictutred) reached the quarter-finals with a 6-2 6-4 victory over Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, and Pennetta was even more decisive in beating Hungary's Agnes Szavay 6-1 6-2 to reach the second round.
 
Radwanska took advantage of her error-prone opponent, who knew what she had to do but had difficulty in executing.
 

The first three main draw matches at the Generali Ladies Linz took the courts on Monday, with no surprises as one Top 20 player and a pair of Top 30 players moved safely through to the second round.
 

One of Russia's best ever taking a big step back towards the Top 10 and three more breaking new ranking classes were the most notable moves on this week's rankings.
 

Jelena Jankovic will be back on top of the world in Moscow, the perfect occasion for her to prove that she deserves the number one ranking.
 
Each week 'In or Out' offers tips on players who could be worth picking with your two weekly transfers, hopefully giving you an edge over your rivals. This week's tournament is the indoor hardcourt Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
 
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Caroline Wozniacki had a breakthrough summer, winning her first two titles, cracking the world's Top 20 and reaching the second week of the US Open, where she pushed Jelena Jankovic to three before falling. She cooled off somewhat in the first few weeks of the fall season, losing first round in her first two events, but this week at the AIG Japan Open she rekindled her summer magic in a big way, storming to her third Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title of the year (and of her career).
 

Caroline Wozniacki got to within one step away from her third Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title of the year while Kaia Kanepi is now a step away from the first of her career, after both women moved through to the final of the AIG Japan Open in straight sets on Saturday.
 

Caroline Wozniacki took one step closer to her third Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title of the year on Friday morning, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the $175,000 AIG Japan Open.
 
Wozniacki, who is the No.1 seed in the Japanese capital, lost serve twice in the first set but once she secured a one set lead went into cruise control, beating No.7 seed Tanasugarn of Thailand handily, 64 61.
 

On Tuesday she spoiled the singles comeback of Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm, but on Wednesday it was Shahar Peer’s turn to be bounced from the AIG Japan Open by a younger opponent. Three other seeds progressed, although two of them were taken the distance.
 

Rain wrecked the schedule at the AIG Japan Open on Monday, but there was time for the four final round qualifying matches to be completed. In other action, Japanese wildcards went 1-1 in first round duels, and fifth seed Kaia Kanepi also scraped through.