Sofia Kenin shocks Bogdan in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Kasatkina. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Kenin surprises Bogdan to play Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Ana Bogdan

Sofia Kenin surprises Ana Bogdan 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Kenin will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kenin
New York
Kenin's Record

Kenin added to her prize money $ 41,500 after winning this match. She has already won $ 123,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sofia will add $ 68,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 191,000 in total.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Ana Bogdan U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Bogdan
Sofia Kenin
7-62 6-4
1h:53
Ana Bogdan
81
81
Total points
69
69
30
30
Winners
26
26
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
27
27
Unforced
29
29
48%
48%
Ratio Unforced
52%
52%
8/11
8/11
Net Approaches
8/13
8/13
73%
73%
Perc
62%
62%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
5
5
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
71%
71%
1st in
51%
51%
63%
63%
1st won
62%
62%
30/48
30/48
1st won
26/42
26/42
65%
65%
2nd won
45%
45%
13/20
13/20
2nd won
18/40
18/40
157
157
Fastest serve
178
178
147
147
AVG 1st Serve
159
159
136
136
AVG 2nd Serve
125
125
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
2/4
2/4
38%
38%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Kenin scored 81 points vs. Ana’s 69.

Kenin

Kenin won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Bogdan

On the other side, the Romanian was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats

Kenin will take on Kasatkina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Sofia Kenin and Daria Kasatkina square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kasatkina won 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in Sydney back in 2022.

Sofia Kenin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kenin HTML
KeninBogdan
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0
0
B
0
0

The American won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The American broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-2.

Tiebreak

The American won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Romanian won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 8th (2-6) point.

Sofia won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2

Kenin converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Ana converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 83 points. Kenin was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Bogdan (45-38). Kenin lost 14 points on serve (24-14). On the other side, Bogdan conceded 21 points on serve (24-21).

2nd Set -
Kenin Not
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0
0
0
0

Kenin started the set in the best possible way after breaking Ana Bogdan in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Sofia found the way to come back to break Ana in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Ana couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-4 to 6-4.

Kenin converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-3 30-40), the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Romanian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).

They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 points more than the Romanian (35-32). Kenin lost 12 points on serve (18-12). on the other side of the court, the Romanian conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).

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

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