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

CREDIT ONE CHARLESTON OPEN - CHARLESTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Kenin surprises Sasnovich to come up against Irina-Camelia Begu in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Sofia Kenin upsets Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-7(5) 6-1 in the 1st round in Charleston on Tuesday. Kenin will face Irina-Camelia Begu in the 2nd 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.

Kenin
Charleston
Kenin's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Sasnovich
Sofia Kenin
6-1 6-75 6-1
2h:18
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
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%
See Full Stats

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 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd 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 2nd round in Cleveland back in 2022.

Sofia Kenin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kenin 6-1
KeninSasnovich
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
KeninSasnovich
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KeninSasnovich
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
KeninSasnovich
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
KeninSasnovich
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
KeninSasnovich
3
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
KeninSasnovich
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KeninSasnovich
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Kenin had a great start in this set after breaking Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Kenin reinforced her lead after breaking Aliaksandra in the 6th (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 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th 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).

2nd Set -
Sasnovich 7-6
SasnovichKenin
7
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SasnovichKenin
7
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
3
2
4
2
4
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
5
SasnovichKenin
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
SasnovichKenin
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
SasnovichKenin
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SasnovichKenin
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SasnovichKenin
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SasnovichKenin
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SasnovichKenin
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SasnovichKenin
4
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
SasnovichKenin
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SasnovichKenin
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SasnovichKenin
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40

The Belarussian won the set after she broke Sofia in the 4th (3-1) game. Kenin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (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 4th (2-1 15-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Sofia was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th 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).

3rd Set -
Kenin 6-1
KeninSasnovich
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
KeninSasnovich
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
KeninSasnovich
5
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
KeninSasnovich
4
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
KeninSasnovich
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
KeninSasnovich
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

Kenin was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The American managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Aliaksandra in the 4th (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 3rd 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 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th 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).

1st
Kenin
Sasnovich
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Kenin
Sasnovich
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Kenin
Sasnovich
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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