Remarkable Sofia Kenin clobbers Inglis in the 1st round to collide vs Kasatkina at the BNP Paribas Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Kenin makes light work of Inglis to take on Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Sofia-Kenin-vs-Maddison-Inglis

Sofia Kenin blitzes Maddison Inglis 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to come up against Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kenin
Indian Wells
Kenin's Record

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Maddison Inglis BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Kenin’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Inglis
Sofia Kenin
6-2 6-1
1h:10
Maddison Inglis
60
60
Total points
36
36
24
24
Winners
11
11
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
66%
66%
1st in
58%
58%
83%
83%
1st won
37%
37%
24/29
24/29
1st won
11/30
11/30
47%
47%
2nd won
55%
55%
7/15
7/15
2nd won
12/22
12/22
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
0/1
0/1
42%
42%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 60 points vs. Maddison’s 36.

Kenin

Kenin served very well to win 83% of the points (24/29) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 47% points (7/15) on her second serve. Kenin won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Inglis

On the other side, Inglis wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kenin and Inglis is 2-0 for Sofia.

Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats

Kenin will compete against Kasatkina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Sofia Kenin and Daria Kasatkina fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Kenin won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Tokyo back in 2024.

Sofia Kenin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kenin 6-2
KeninInglis
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
KeninInglis
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
KeninInglis
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
KeninInglis
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KeninInglis
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
KeninInglis
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
KeninInglis
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeninInglis
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
KeninInglis
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

Sofia in this set was too good for the Australian and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Inglis in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A crucial moment of this set was when Kenin won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

Sofia converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (5-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 40-A).

They contested 62 points. The American won 12 more points than the Australian (37-25). Kenin conceded 9 points on serve (19-9). On the losing side, Maddison conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).

2nd Set -
Kenin 6-1
KeninInglis
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KeninInglis
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeninInglis
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeninInglis
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeninInglis
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
KeninInglis
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Kenin had a strong start of this set after breaking Maddison Inglis in the 2nd game (2-0). Kenin reinforced her lead after breaking Maddison in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

Kenin missed the opportunity to break Maddison in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Maddison couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.

The American converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Kenin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 34 points. Sofia was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Inglis (23-11). Sofia was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). On the other side, Inglis conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).

1st
Kenin
Inglis
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Kenin
Inglis
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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