Sofia Kenin trashes Zarina Diyas 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday after playing a superlative match to square off with Elina Svitolina in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Sofia conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).
Sofia was unable to break Zarina in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
2nd set.
Kenin started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Diyas in the 1st game (1-0). The American improved her lead after breaking Zarina in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Zarina was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Sofia scored 63 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 42 points.
Kenin served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind her first serve, and she won 73% points (11/15) on her second serve. Sofia won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points because she converted only 33% (4/12). On the other side, Diyas wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kenin and Diyas is 1-0 for Sofia.
Next Match: Sofia Kenin vs. Elina Svitolina – H2H and stats
Kenin will face Svitolina in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Sofia Kenin and Elina Svitolina face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Kenin and Svitolina (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kenin won 7-62 6-4 in the quarter in Toronto back in August 2019.
