Amazing Sofia Kenin breezes past Stephens in the 1st round with Rybakina in the following round of the BNP Paribas Open. HIGHLIGHTS – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Kenin surprises Stephens to fight against Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Sloane Stephens

Sofia Kenin surprises Sloane Stephens 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday in what was an all-American match after playing a terrific match to come up against Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This run will match her best result in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kenin
Indian Wells
Kenin's Record

Kenin added to her prize money $ 12,225 after winning this match. She has already won $ 30,885 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kenin will add $ 24,885 to her earnings to get in total $ 55,770 in total.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Sloane Stephens BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Stephens
Sofia Kenin
6-4 6-1
1h:21
Sloane Stephens
66
66
Total points
48
48
29
29
Winners
22
22
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
71%
71%
1st in
71%
71%
71%
71%
1st won
55%
55%
29/41
29/41
1st won
22/40
22/40
59%
59%
2nd won
44%
44%
10/17
10/17
2nd won
7/16
7/16
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
1/4
1/4
40%
40%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Sofia scored 66 points vs. Sloane’s 48.

Kenin

Kenin won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Stephens

On the other side, Sloane was battling in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Kenin and Stephens is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Kenin will compete against Rybakina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Elena Rybakina face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 6-72 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2020.

Sofia Kenin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kenin HTML
KeninStephens
HTML
K
0
0
S
0
0

Kenin clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Kenin broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.

Sofia failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.

Kenin converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Sloane converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 64 points. Sofia was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Stephens (36-28). Sofia conceded 12 points on serve (23-12). on the other side of the net, Stephens conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).

2nd Set -
Kenin Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Kenin was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Kenin improved her lead after breaking Stephens in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Sofia converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Stephens was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 50 points. Kenin won 10 points more than Sloane (30-20). Kenin surrendered 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the net, Sloane conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).

1st
Kenin
Stephens
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Kenin
Stephens
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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