Sofia Kenin surprises Sabalenka in the 2nd round to play vs Kalinina. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Kenin stuns Sabalenka to face Anhelina Kalinina in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Aryna Sabalenka

Sofia Kenin upsets Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Thursday. Kenin is going to play against Anhelina Kalinina in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kenin
Rome
Kenin's Record

Kenin added to her prize money € 10,048 after winning this match. She has already won € 22,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add € 16,430 to her earnings to get in total € 39,130 in total.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Aryna Sabalenka Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Sabalenka
Sofia Kenin
7-64 6-2
1h:38
Aryna Sabalenka
74
74
Total points
63
63
32
32
Winners
30
30
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
65%
65%
1st in
62%
62%
73%
73%
1st won
70%
70%
32/44
32/44
1st won
30/43
30/43
46%
46%
2nd won
31%
31%
11/24
11/24
2nd won
8/26
8/26
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
2/7
2/7
36%
36%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Sofia scored 74 points vs. the Belarussian’s 63.

Kenin

The American won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Sabalenka

On the other side, Aryna was battling in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Kenin and Sabalenka is 1-2 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Anhelina Kalinina – stats

Kenin will fight against Kalinina in the 3rd round.

This will be the 7th time that Sofia Kenin and Anhelina Kalinina square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Kenin (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they played, Kenin won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami back in March 2023.

Sofia Kenin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kenin 7-6
KeninSabalenka
7
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
KeninSabalenka
7
6
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
0
4
1
5
1
6
1
6
2
6
3
6
4
KeninSabalenka
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
KeninSabalenka
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
KeninSabalenka
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
KeninSabalenka
4
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
KeninSabalenka
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
KeninSabalenka
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
KeninSabalenka
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
KeninSabalenka
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
KeninSabalenka
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
KeninSabalenka
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
KeninSabalenka
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeninSabalenka
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30

Kenin had a favorable start in this set after breaking Aryna Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set as the Belarussian succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game. The American maintained her cool to break Sabalenka in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-6).

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

Kenin converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Sabalenka converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 99 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kenin won just 3 more points than Sabalenka (51-48). Kenin dropped 21 points on serve (26-21). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 25 points on serve (27-25).

2nd Set -
Kenin 6-2
KeninSabalenka
6
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
KeninSabalenka
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeninSabalenka
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
KeninSabalenka
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KeninSabalenka
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
KeninSabalenka
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KeninSabalenka
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

The American in this set was too strong for the Belarussian and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the Belarussian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Sabalenka had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Sofia converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Kenin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 38 points. The American conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Sabalenka (23-15). The American was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the net, Sabalenka conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

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

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