Anett Kontaveit extends incredible indoor winning run in St Petersburg, but can she challenge for Grand Slam titles?

Annett Kontaveit makes it sound so simple. “I like to hit the ball. Indoors there's no wind, there's no sun, there's nothing that's affecting you.

Ad/> “But I think that would also help everyone else.” Australian OpenAustralian Open order of play: Day 4 — Murray, Raducanu lead GB charge, Kyrgios show rolls on19/01/2022 AT 13:37 At the moment it doesn’t really seem to be helping everyone else, mainly just Kontaveit, who stretched her indoor winning streak to 20 matches by triumphing at the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Sunday. Kontaveit is just the sixth player to record 20 consecutive indoor wins since 1989 and the first since Justine Henin won 22 in a row from 2007 to 2010. It is a remarkable run, one that has been the centre piece of a remarkable six months for Kontaveit.

Before the start of last year, her only career title had been in 's-Hertogenbosch in 2017. She started the season ranked No 23 in the world. But something happened in 2021.

Kontaveit soared, winning four titles, matching Ons Jabeur for most match wins in the year, making the WTA Finals, where she made the final, and finishing the year ranked No 7 in the world. That Kontaveit missed out on the WTA Most Improved Player of the Year award shows how much the winner of the prize, Barbora Krejcikova, also achieved last season. 'She's like Federer'- Barty lauded by WTA rivals Toni Nadal: GOAT race to be derailed by age “I'm very happy to be able to continue this form last year to this year and keep a consistently high level,” Kontaveit told WTA Insider.