Sofia Kenin beats Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Paris on Saturday in what was an all-American match. Kenin will fight against Maria Sakkari or Elise Mertens in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the final in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sofia added to her prize money € 57,000 after winning this match. She has won already € 170,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kenin will add € 85,000 to her earnings to get in total € 255,000 in total.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula French Open – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:56
At the end of the match, Kenin scored 106 points vs. Jessica’s 96.
Kenin
Kenin won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 41% (7/17) of the procured opportunities.
Pegula
On the other side, Pegula was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (5/10). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kenin and Pegula is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Maria Sakkari or Elise Mertens – stats
Kenin will square off with either Maria Sakkari or Elise Mertens in the 4th round. The head to head is 2-1 vs. Maria Sakkari and 2-1 vs. Elise Mertens.
Live score progression and stats
Kenin started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Pegula was not done to come back to break Sofia 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Sofia was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Jessica converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kenin converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 74 points. Pegula won 4 points more than Sofia (39-35). Jessica conceded 17 points on serve (19-17). on the other side of the net, Kenin conceded 20 points on serve (18-20).
Kenin got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for Sofia to win the set since Jessica found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Kenin maintained her cool to break Jessica in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
There was an important spell in this set when Sofia won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
They contested 60 points. Sofia was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Pegula (36-24). Sofia conceded 9 points on serve (13-9). on the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 23 points on serve (15-23).
Kenin overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Kenin to win the set as Jessica managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Kenin maintained her cool to break Pegula in the 3rd (2-1) game before winning the set (6-4).
They played 68 points. Kenin was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Pegula (37-31). Kenin surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). On the other side, Jessica conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
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