It’s been a tough 12 months for Kaia Kanepi. I can’t pretend to be a fan, or really know what’s been gong on, but I can tell you this:

She stank up the place in the summer of last year, couldn’t win a match, dropped all the way from the top 20 to out of the top 100 in the blink of an eye, and needed to win a couple ITF events in May to get back into the top 100.

Today she blew a third set lead to Petra Kvitova and eventually lost it 9-7 in the third.

Here’s what she has accomplished, however. She needed three matches just to qualify for the main draw. She got all the way to the quarterfinals. That means she won seven matches straight (what you need to win a slam starting in the main draw). She also needed to matches to qualify for doubles (yes, there is actually qualifying for doubles) in which she did, and actually won her first match… meaning that’s an added four matches total. Bloody hell.

So uh, welcome back? (And props to Petra Kvitova, Wimbledon semifinalist. Haha… ha….. ha…….. I’m so confused.)