World No. 8 Anett Kontaveit’s rise and subsequent appearance at the WTA Finals in Mexico has left the Estonian thrilled over her late season form.
And Kontaveit, who beat world No. 3 Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 6-4 on Wednesday put her won down to her first serves.
“I think I managed to win a lot of points on my first serves once they actually went in,” she said.
“I’m definitely very thrilled to get the win, it was a very tough match.”
Kontaveit admitted much of her success was down to working with Dmitry Tursonov.
“During the summer I was on a bit of a losing streak, then I started working with Dmitry and was really hoping to get a few wins. I managed to win Cleveland, then it just sort of started rolling from there,” she said.
“I’ve been believing in myself a little bit more, and the game definitely has clicked from just getting more wins and playing a lot of tennis and really feeling comfortable, enjoying playing tennis.”
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