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Kaia Kanepi stuns Caroline Wozniacki

Kanepi stuns Wozniacki
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Kaia Kanepi shocks former world number one Caroline Wozniacki to progress to the last 16 at Roland Garros.

Caroline Wozniacki's hopes of winning her first Grand Slam at this year's French Open are over after she lost to Kaia Kanepi in a topsy-turvy match.

The Estonian dominated the opening set, breaking twice to claim it in 46 minutes.

Kanepi then went ahead in the second set in controversial circumstances. 30-40 up on Wozniacki's serve, the Estonian appeared to have sent a forehand return long.

However, despite the Dane's vocal and prolonged protestations, the ball was called good and Kanepi edged 2-1 ahead.

With Wozniacki visibly angered, Kanepi capitalised and broke again before going on to open up a 5-1 lead in the set.

Wozniacki composed herself just in time and stormed back into the match by winning five consecutive games before sealing the second set 7-3 in a tie-breaker.

Kanepi raced in to another 5-1 lead in the deciding set and, this time, the former world number one was unable to recover, as Kanepi eventually prevailed 6-1 6-7 6-3.

Julia Goerges or Arantxa Rus will face Kanepi in the last 16.

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