Paula Badosa overcomes Kenin in the 1st round to collide vs Samsonova at the Mubadala Citi DC Open. HIGHLIGHTS – WASHINGTON RESULTS

MUBADALA CITI DC OPEN - WASHINGTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Badosa gets the better of Kenin to play Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Sofia Kenin

Paula Badosa Gibert gets the better of Sofia Kenin 6-1 7-6(6) in the 1st round in Washington on Tuesday. Badosa will play Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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Badosa's Record

Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Sofia Kenin Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gibert
Kenin
Paula Badosa Gibert
6-1 7-66
1h:30
Sofia Kenin
78
78
Total points
61
61
30
30
Winners
27
27
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
1
1
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
55%
55%
1st in
56%
56%
83%
83%
1st won
66%
66%
30/36
30/36
1st won
27/41
27/41
50%
50%
2nd won
41%
41%
15/30
15/30
2nd won
13/32
13/32
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
2/5
2/5
40%
40%
Won
40%
40%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Paula scored 78 points vs. the American’s 61.

Badosa

The Spaniard served pretty well to win 83% of the points (30/36) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (15/30) on her second serve. Badosa struck 11 aces and she committed 5 double faults. The Spaniard won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Kenin

On the other side, Kenin was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Badosa and Kenin is 1-0 for Paula.

Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats

Badosa will play Samsonova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Paula Badosa Gibert and Liudmila Samsonova face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Samsonova won 6-73 7-65 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2023.

Paula Badosa Gibert Draw info

1st
Gibert
Kenin
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Gibert
Kenin
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Washington

  • Peyton StearnsStearns – Clervie NgounoueNgounoue (6-3 7-63)
  • Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 7-66)
  • Taylor TownsendTownsend – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 6-2)
  • Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (7-66 7-63)
  • Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-4 4-6 6-2)
  • Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-4 6-3)
  • Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Sloane StephensStephens (6-3 7-5)
  • Yafan WangWang – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (5-7 6-3 6-0)
  • Robin MontgomeryMontgomery – Shelby RogersRogers (7-5 6-3)
  • Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-3 4-6 6-4)
  • Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Elise MertensMertens (6-2 3-6 6-4)
  • Caroline DolehideDolehide – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-1 3-6 6-4)

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