Sloane Stephens outlasts Sofia Kenin 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Toronto on Monday after winning a huge battle in what was an all-American contest. Stephens will face Maria Sakkari in the 2nd round. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Sloane Stephens vs. Sofia Kenin National Bank Open – Toronto
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Kenin is 1-0 for Sloane.
Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Stephens will come up against Sakkari in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Sloane Stephens and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Stephens in this set was in much better shape than Kenin and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Kenin in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Sloane won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
They played 42 points. Sloane was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Sofia (26-16). Sloane lost 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Kenin conceded 8 points on serve (8-8).
Sofia won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (1-4) game, Kenin broke back in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-5.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Kenin won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 1-5 to 6-5. Notwithstanding also Stephens won 5 consecutive games from 0-1 to 5-1
Tiebreak
Sofia won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Sloane won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Sofia was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (2-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, Sloane was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (3-1 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (5-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 112 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kenin won this set even if she scored less points 4 than Sloane (54-58). Kenin surrendered 25 points on serve (30-25). On the other side, Sloane conceded 24 points on serve (33-24).
Stephens was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Sofia Kenin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for Stephens to win the set as Sofia found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Stephens maintained her focus to break Sofia in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Stephens converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Kenin converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 85 points. Stephens was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Kenin (45-40). Stephens lost 20 points on serve (25-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Sofia conceded 20 points on serve (20-20).
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