Sofia Kenin and Kirsten Flipkens will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.17
Kirsten Flipkens -> 5.35
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Kirsten Flipkens
This will be the 3rd time that Sofia Kenin and Kirsten Flipkens face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kenin won 7-5 7-5 in the quarter in Hobart back in 2019.
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 4 (career high), Sofia got to the quarter after defeating Zhaoxuan Yang 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Yang (7-64 6-2). During the match Kenin scored 101 points vs Yang’s 89. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kenin fired 11 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve twice and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 54% of her first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. Kenin broke Yang 3 times after converting 25% of her break points (3/12).
Kenin has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (210-117). 1-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kenin has a 126-64 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Kenin has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
The American didn’t compete in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Kirsten Flipkens
Ranked no. 86, Flipkens reached the quarter after defeating Laura Siegemund 5-7 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round against Siegemund, Kirsten recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-4).-108) than Siegemund. In fact, the world no. 4 won 108 points vs Siegemund’s. That means that Flipkens was more focused during the important points. Kirsten was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Flipkens scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Kirsten Flipkens lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Flipkens put 66% of her first serves in, winning 58% (47/81) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Flipkens broke Siegemund 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
The Belgian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 34 |
| Pts | 101-89 | 108-111 |
| Total Points | 190 | 219 |
| Winners | 38 | 47 |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% |
Both Kenin and Flipkens played 1 match. At the moment, Kirsten Flipkens dropped 1 set while Sofia Kenin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kenin has played 1 set(s) less than Flipkens (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kenin played 13 games less than Flipkens. The American scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian blasted 47 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 1 |
| 1st in | 53/98 | 81/123 |
| %1st in | 54% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 47/81 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 21/42 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 50% |
Kenin managed to score 11 aces . Flipkens bagged 1 ace . Kenin won 72% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Flipkens won 58% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kenin | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 25% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 13 |
| Saved | 14 | 8 |
| % Saved | 88% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Kenin broke her opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve twice and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded. The Belgian broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kirsten conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | |||
| R1 Yang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 101-89 | 101-89 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/98 | 53/98 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 19/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 14/16 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Flipkens | |||
| R1 Siegemund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 108-111 | 108-111 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 81/123 | 81/123 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 47/81 | 47/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 21/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Despina PapamichailPapamichail (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Polona HercogHercog (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Ulrikke EikeriEikeri (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko – Yafan WangWang (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Bianca TuratiTurati – Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia GasanovaGasanova – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Zhaoxuan YangYang (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Amandine HesseHesse (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alize CornetCornet – Valentini GrammatikopoulouGrammatikopoulou (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Lucie HradeckaHradecka (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Xiyu WangWang – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Jennifer BradyBrady (0-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Anna BondarBondar (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Lin ZhuZhu (6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Donna VekicVekic (7-610 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jamie LoebLoeb (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Qiang WangWang (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (5-7 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Zarina DiyasDiyas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Julien DubailDubail – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia GasanovaGasanova – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Amandine HesseHesse (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sofia KeninKenin – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Cori GauffGauff (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xiyu WangWang – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernarda PeraPera – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia GasanovaGasanova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alize CornetCornet – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bianca TuratiTurati – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Heather WatsonWatson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
