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Australian Open: Kanepi sends former champ Kenin packing

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Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 11, 2021, Sofia Kenin of the U.S. before her second-round match against Estonia's Kaia Kanepi [REUTERS/Loren Elliott]

Sofia Kenin knew this would be a tough test at the Australian Open, a potentially early end to her first attempt to defend a Grand Slam title.

Upon realising she probably would be playing big-hitting veteran Kaia Kanepi in the second round, Kenin acknowledged, she “maybe kind of broke down a little bit.”

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