WTA: Anett Kontaveit under the spell of the world rally champion
Special experience for the number two in the tennis world: Anett Kontaveit was allowed to play a round in Estonia with World Rally Champion Ott Tänak.
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last edit: Jul 15, 2022, 02:32 pm
According to Anett Kontaveit, she was a bit scared before she got into the vehicle driven by world rally champion Ott Tänak. But she is also full of anticipation. After all, she has known her compatriot Tänak for quite a while. And the idea that she would play the role of co-driver has been around for a long time. "But I always found an excuse," said Kontaveit in Tartu, Estonia.
In fact, the contribution of the second in the world rankings was then limited to not accompanying the entire journey through the woods with cries of terror. Kontaveit managed to do that, which the 26-year-old proudly pointed out. But she prefers to stick to her profession and leave racing to those who have a proven mastery of it. Just like Ott Tänak, who became world champion in 2019.
On the WTA tour things weren't going so well for Kontaveit recently: Although she was able to win the title in St. Petersburg this year and reach the final in Doha immediately afterwards, the clay court season was very poor - one Due to corona infection. And most recently in Wimbledon, Kontaveit was very rudely dismissed from the tournament by Jule Niemeier in round two.