Jule Niemeier victorious over Sofia Kenin 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Linz on Monday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes.
Highlights Jule Niemeier vs. Sofia Kenin Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the German scored 103 points vs. the American’s 97.
Niemeier
The German served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (38/50) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (19/38) on her second serve. Niemeier won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Kenin
On the other side, Kenin was not so effective in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Niemeier and Kenin is 2-0 for Jule.
Live score progression and stats
Niemeier had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Sofia Kenin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Sofia reinforced her lead after breaking Niemeier in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).
An important stage of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Kenin was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Sofia didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Sofia won 11 more points than the German (32-21). Kenin conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the German clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Jule converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Niemeier didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. Jule was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Kenin (34-24). Jule dropped 9 points on serve (23-9). On the other side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the German snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Jule converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Niemeier didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 89 points. Jule won 7 points more than the American (48-41). The German lost 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 28 points on serve (34-28).
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- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Sofia KeninKenin (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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