LYON RESULTS. Sofia Kenin overcomes Cristian in the 2nd round

Sofia Kenin overcomes Jaqueline Cristian 6-7⁵ 7-5 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Lyon on Thursday. Kenin will face off with Oceane Dodin in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kenin got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Cristian in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Cristian was not done to come back to break Kenin in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

2^nd set.

Kenin clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Kenin broke back in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Jaqueline was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

3^rd set.

Kenin won the set after she broke the Romanian in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Jaqueline tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, the American didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 6-4.

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the American scored 117 points vs. Jaqueline’s 111 points.

Sofia won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points because she converted only 43% (6/14). On the other side, Cristian had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

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

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Jaqueline Cristian Open 6 Sens – Lyon

Next Match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Oceane Dodin – stats

Kenin will fight against Dodin in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Oceane Dodin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Lyon

• Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Oceane DodinDodin – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (w/o) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-7⁵ 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (3-6 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Alize CornetCornet (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Sofia KeninKenin – Oceane DodinDodin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (1-0) – See H2H details
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (1-0) – See H2H details