Camila Giorgi got extremely annoyed during her Miami first-round match against Kaia Kanepi as she sent her racket flying during the second-set tie-break. On Tuesday, Giorgi and Kanepi played one of the longest WTA matches in the season as the Italian edged out the Estonian 7-6 (4) 6-7 (4) 7-6 (4) in three hours and 32 minutes of play.
Giorgi was up by a break in the second set but she failed to close out the match as Kanepi forced a second-set tie-break. In the second-set tie-break, Giorgi lost her cool and sent her racket flying.
When Camila Giorgi throws her racquet, you know a match is getting spicy.
She led Kaia Kanepi by 7-6(4), 4-3 on her own serve with a game point to go up 5-3 in Miami.
These two actually seem to be hitting harder than usual today, if that’s possible.
pic.twitter.com/ck0c0lC96S — The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) March 21, 2023
How Giorgi beat Kanepi?
Giorgi got off to a great start to the match, earning the first break of the match in the second game. Up by 3-0, Giorgi had a chance to go up by a double break but missed out on three break points.
In the seventh game, Kanepi missed out on her first break point but she broke back Giorgi in the ninth game – when the Italian was serving for the first set. After missing out on a set point in the…