Sofia Kenin upsets Sasnovich in the 1st round to play vs Begu next player at the Credit One Charleston Open – CHARLESTON RESULTS

Sofia Kenin upsets Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-7(5) 6-1 in the 1^st round in Charleston on Tuesday. Kenin will face Irina-Camelia Begu in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Charleston

Kenin's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin

Sasnovich

6-1 6-7⁵ 6-1
2h:18

108

108

Total points

83

83

39

39

Winners

34

34

36%

36%

Ratio Winners

41%

41%

-- Serve --

2

2

Aces

8

8

2

2

Double Faults

4

4

66%

66%

1st in

59%

59%

66%

66%

1st won

57%

57%

39/59

39/59

1st won

34/60

34/60

67%

67%

2nd won

45%

45%

20/30

20/30

2nd won

19/42

19/42

-- Break Points --

5/15

5/15

Total

1/3

1/3

33%

33%

Won

33%

33%

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At the end of the match, the American scored 108 points vs. Aliaksandra’s 83.

Kenin

Kenin won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.

Sasnovich

On the other side, Aliaksandra had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Kenin and Sasnovich is 2-1 for Sofia.

Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Irina-Camelia Begu – stats

Kenin will take on Begu in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Sofia Kenin and Irina-Camelia Begu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kenin won 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Cleveland back in 2022.

Live score progression and stats

Kenin had a great start in this set after breaking Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Kenin reinforced her lead after breaking Aliaksandra in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Aliaksandra was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Kenin converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6^th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 43 points. Kenin won 11 more points than Aliaksandra (27-16). The American conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, the Belarussian conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

The Belarussian won the set after she broke Sofia in the 4^th (3-1) game. Kenin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Aliaksandra managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-6.

Sasnovich was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4^th (2-1 15-40), the 10^th (5-4 30-40) and the 14^th game (7-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Sofia was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5^th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7^th (2-4 40-A), the 9^th (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40).

They contested 107 points. It’s worth to point out that, Aliaksandra won this set even if she scored less points 7 than the American (50-57). Aliaksandra dropped 28 points on serve (35-28). In addition, on the other side, Sofia conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).

Kenin was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The American managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Aliaksandra in the 4^th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Kenin converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4^th game (3-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 43 points. Sofia won 9 points more than Sasnovich (26-17). The American lost 5 points on serve (13-5). In addition, on the other side, Aliaksandra conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).

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