Lauren Davis upsets Sofia Kenin 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Charleston on Wednesday in what was an all-American match. Davis will fight against Cori Gauff in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.
Davis added to her prize money $ 2,380 after winning this match. She has won already $ 6,480 after this win. If she wins the next match, Lauren will add $ 6,190 to her earnings to get in total $ 12,670 in total.
Highlights Lauren Davis vs. Sofia Kenin Volvo Car Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Lauren scored 94 points vs. Kenin’s 88.
Davis
Lauren won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 40% (8/20) of the procured opportunities.
Kenin
On the other side, Kenin was sharp when converting 78% of the break points that she procured points (7/9). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Davis and Kenin is 2-1 for Lauren.
Draw and next match H2H: Lauren Davis vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Davis will compete against Gauff in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Lauren Davis and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Kenin won the set after she broke Davis 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Lauren tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Kenin didn’t blink to win the set 6-4.
Sofia converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, Lauren converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-4 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They contested 64 points. Kenin was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Davis (34-30). Kenin lost 17 points on serve (18-17). In addition, on the other side, Lauren conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).
Gauff had a great start in this set after breaking Davis in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Davis succeeded in coming back to break Sofia 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
They contested 49 points. Lauren conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Sofia (27-22). Davis conceded 11 points on serve (14-11). On the losing side, Sofia conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Davis got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Gauff in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Davis to win the set as Kenin managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Lauren maintained her focus to break Kenin in the 7th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-4).
Lauren converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Sofia was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 64 points. Davis conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Kenin (34-30). Lauren conceded 13 points on serve (17-13). On the other side, Kenin conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Lauren DavisDavis – Sofia KeninKenin (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (4-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (4-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (7-63 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alize CornetCornet – Elise MertensMertens (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Kurumi NaraNara – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Belinda BencicBencic (6-2 6-72 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Zarina DiyasDiyas (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Storm SandersSanders (7-64 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Misaki DoiDoi (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Shelby RogersRogers – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sloane StephensStephens – Madison KeysKeys (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Kurumi NaraNara – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Alize CornetCornet – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Lauren DavisDavis (0-0) – H2H details and stats
