LYON RESULTS. Kenin bests Diatchenko in the 1st round

Sofia Kenin dispatches Vitalia Diatchenko 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in Lyon on Wednesday. Kenin will clash against Jaqueline Cristian in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kenin started the set in the best possible way after breaking Diatchenko in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Kenin to win the set as the Russian managed to break back in the 8^th (3-5) game.

2^nd set.

Kenin overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Diatchenko in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Sofia to win the set as Diatchenko succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 8^th (3-5) game. Kenin maintained her focus to break Diatchenko in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Kenin failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kenin scored 74 points vs. Vitalia’s 64 points.

Sofia won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 33% (6/18). On the other side, Diatchenko was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kenin and Diatchenko is 1-1.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Vitalia Diatchenko Open 6 Sens – Lyon

Next Match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Jaqueline Cristian – stats

Kenin will come up against Cristian in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Jaqueline Cristian since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Lyon

• Vera Lapko/Lidziya MarozavaLapko/Lidziya Marozava – Laura Pigossi/Rosalie Van Der HoekPigossi/Rosalie Van Der Hoek (6-2 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Oceane DodinDodin – Mandy MinellaMinella (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Pauline ParmentierParmentier (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Chloe PaquetPaquet (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Vera LapkoLapko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Clara BurelBurel (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Anastasiya KomardinaKomardina (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Priscilla HonHon (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Antonia LottnerLottner (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara – Timea BabosBabos (6-3 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-4 1-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Sofia KeninKenin – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – See H2H details
• Oceane DodinDodin – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – See H2H details
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (0-1) – See H2H details
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (1-0) – See H2H details