Sofia Kenin downs Oceane Dodin 6-1 6-75 6-2 in the quarter in Lyon on Friday. Kenin will seek to keep on going in this event against Alison Van Uytvanck in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Kenin commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Dodin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Sofia reinforced her lead after breaking Oceane in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Oceane lost the 7th game (6-1) when she was serving and leading 40-0.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this match was when Sofia won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
2nd set.
Oceane clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Dodin broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 5.
3rd set.
Kenin in this set was in much better shape than the French Player and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the French Player in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
One of the most important stint of the contest was when Kenin won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the American scored 98 points vs. the French Player’s 84 points.
Sofia fired 11 aces and she committed 3 double faults. Sofia won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 43% (6/14). On the other side, Dodin was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kenin and Dodin is 1-0 for Sofia.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Oceane Dodin Open 6 Sens – Lyon
Next Match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Alison Van Uytvanck – stats
Kenin will take on Van Uytvanck in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Sofia Kenin and Alison Van Uytvanck face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Kenin and Van Uytvanck (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kenin won 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Mallorca back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Lyon
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-2 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Oceane DodinDodin (6-1 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (3-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sofia KeninKenin – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (1-1) – See H2H details
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (2-0) – See H2H details
