[Jerem]

ITF $25,000 Sarajevo (BIH):

Q-R1: (5)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) v BYE
Q-R2: (5)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Danijela Tomic (SRB) 60 60
Q-FR: (5)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (9)Marina Kachar (SRB) 60 63
R1: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) 76(3) 75
R2: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (6)Audrey Bergot (FRA) 61 61
QF: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (1)Julia Cohen (USA) 62 62

Still no set lost so far this week

 

[Jerem]

$25,000 Kristinehamn (SWE), outdoors clay

QR1: (6)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Susanne Celik (SWE) 26 63 63
QFR: (6)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (16)Louise Brunskog (SWE) 20 Ret.
R1: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (Q)Isabel Rapisarda-Calvo (ESP) 62 64
R2: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) v (7)Valeria Solovieva (RUS) or (Q)Ivonne Cavalle-Reimers (ESP)

 

[Jerem]

$25,000 Prague (CZE), outdoors clay

QR1: (3)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Nikola Horakova (CZE) 60 61
QFR: (3)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (15)Petra Krejsova (CZE) 62 61

R1: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (5)Arantxa Parra-Santonja (ESP) 36 64 60 :yeah:
R2: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Zuzana Luknarova (SVK) 26 62 64
QF: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (2)Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 36 63 76(4) (Kasia was led 1-5 in the final set)
SF: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (wc)Tereza Smitkova (CZE) 57 63 64
F: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Renata Voracova (CZE) 64 61

 

[Jerem]

Kasia in her first 25k final
It will be very tough against Voracova, but it's already a big performance :yeah:

 

[Jerem]

And she wins it, without even losing a set to Voracova
This is her very first singles title :yeah:

$25,000 Prague (CZE), outdoors clay

QR1: (3)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Nikola Horakova (CZE) 60 61
QFR: (3)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (15)Petra Krejsova (CZE) 62 61

R1: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (5)Arantxa Parra-Santonja (ESP) 36 64 60
R2: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Zuzana Luknarova (SVK) 26 62 64
QF: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (2)Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 36 63 76(4)
SF: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (wc)Tereza Smitkova (CZE) 57 63 64
F: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Renata Voracova (CZE) 64 61

 

[Jerem]

She can definitely qualify in Taipei, good draw

$125,000 WTA Challenger Taipei (TPE), indoors hard:

> Singles:
Q-R1: (3)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) v (wc)Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE)

 

[Jerem]

WTA Katowice (International, Poland), indoor clay:

> Singles:
Q-R1: (wc)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Corinna Dentoni (ITA) 63 60
Q-R2: (2)Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. (wc)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 62 63

 

[Jerem]

Expected loss, but many games went to deuce. Kasia put up a good fight :yeah:

 

[Jerem]

$25,000 Chiasso (Switzerland), outdoor clay:

> Singles:
Q-R1: (1)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) v Bye
Q-R2: (1)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Sara Ottomano (SUI) 63 61
Q-FR: (1)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (12)Julia Samuseva (RUS) 64 63

R1: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (Q)Xenia Knoll (SUI) 75 63
R2: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (wc)Jil Belen Teichmann (SUI) 75 64
QF: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Anna-Giulia Remondina (ITA) 62 62
SF: (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (1)Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 16 64 61
F: (4)Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) d. (Q)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 76(2) 63

> Doubles:
R1: Kawa/Lazareva (POL/RUS) d. Kolar/Kostic (SLO/SRB) w.o.
QF: Kawa/Lazareva (POL/RUS) d. (2)Barbieri/Grymalska (ITA/ITA) 60 61
SF: (3)Clerico/Gatto-Monticone (ITA/ITA) d. Kawa/Lazareva (POL/RUS) 61 36 10-1

 

[Jerem]

Kasia defeated Remondina 6-2 6-2 Well done!
She seems so under-ranked to me, she is definitely top 200-250 (at least) material when she's playing well.

 

[Jerem]

Yes, but she has already had some great results for a player who has been outside the top 400 during nearly all her career so far, and that's not complete luck. Wins 6-2 6-2 over Cohen, 6-4 6-1 over Voracova, 6-3 6-0 over Dentoni, and what about her stunning week in Prague last year... She is obviously talented and I'm convinced she could do something really good.

 

[Jerem]

Kasia beats Hradecka 1-6 6-4 6-1 and reaches the final in Chiasso
So happy for her! This is the best win she's ever had.

76% points won on her first serve

 

[Jerem]

By the way, with this tournament she will reach a new career-high in singles, as she could enter the top 350 :yeah:

 

[Jerem]

Kasia lost to Van Uytvanck in the final of Chiasso, 6-7(2) 3-6. That's not a bad scoreline, given she was probably a bit tired after 6 matches played in the last 6 days.
5 aces during the final

Still a very good tournament for her Hopefully she will be able to play at this level more often.

 

[Jerem]

Kasia on the right

Original picture from tcchiasso.ch

 

[Jerem]

$75,000 Trnava (Slovakia), outdoor clay:

> Singles:
Q-R1: Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. (2)Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 64 62 :yeah:
Q-R2: Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Conny Perrin (SUI) 64 62
Q-FR: Katarzyna Kawa (POL) d. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 62 76(6)

R1: Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 60 36 76(3) but :yeah:

 

[Jerem]

How she plays? Aggressive/defensive?

Agressive it seems I've never seen her play, but:

Kasia has a good bh, really strong, service is good as well. Her fh and movement are not the best.

I know from other sources that she is powerful and is a good shot-maker

 

[Jerem]

Kasia continues and beat Conny Perrin 6-4 6-2, coming back from 1-4 down in the first set :yeah:

 

[Jerem]

Kasia qualifies for the main draw in Trnava (75k) by beating Dabrowski 6-2 7-6(6) She will face Zahlavova Strycova in R1.
There was a game today where she was led *0-40 but leveled at deuce with two aces to finally held her serve It seems she has a great serve indeed, she holds it most of the time.

She's really improving. If she keeps playing at this level, she will quickly enter the top 300 within the few upcoming weeks and that would be well deserved :yeah:

 

[Jerem]

Kasia lost to Zahlavova Strycova 0-6 6-3 6-7(3) after a very close final set. Too bad she finally lost the match, but great fight from her She won the second set from 0-6 0-2 down, and was led 1-3 in the third before saving some match points on her own serve at *5-6.

Good match and great tournament :yeah: Kasia will be just outside the top 330 next week.