Sofia Kenin stuns Tauson in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Kasatkina. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Kenin stuns Tauson to come up against Daria Kasatkina in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Sofia Kenin stuns Clara Tauson 6-7(8) 6-4 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Thursday. Kenin will face off with Daria Kasatkina in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kenin
Tokyo
Kenin's Record

Kenin added to her prize money $ 11,320 after winning this match. She has already won $ 24,910 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sofia will add $ 26,295 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,205 in total.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Clara Tauson Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Tauson
Sofia Kenin
6-78 6-4 7-66
2h:51
Clara Tauson
120
120
Total points
114
114
56
56
Winners
53
53
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
22
22
5
5
Double Faults
9
9
69%
69%
1st in
53%
53%
73%
73%
1st won
82%
82%
56/77
56/77
1st won
53/65
53/65
53%
53%
2nd won
41%
41%
18/34
18/34
2nd won
24/58
24/58
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
Total
1/1
1/1
33%
33%
Won
100%
100%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Sofia scored 120 points vs. Clara’s 114.

Kenin

Sofia won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.

Tauson

On the other side, The Dane was great in converting the only break point that she converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.

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

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

Kenin will fight against Kasatkina in the quarter.

This will be the 5th time that Sofia Kenin and Daria Kasatkina play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Kenin and Kasatkina (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kasatkina won 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2023.

Sofia Kenin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tauson 7-6
TausonKenin
7
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
TausonKenin
7
6
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
5
6
6
7
6
7
7
7
8
8
8
9
8
TausonKenin
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
TausonKenin
6
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TausonKenin
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
TausonKenin
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TausonKenin
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
TausonKenin
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TausonKenin
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
TausonKenin
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TausonKenin
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TausonKenin
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
TausonKenin
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TausonKenin
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Clara won the set after she broke Sofia .

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Sofia was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 98 points. It’s worth to point out that, Clara won this set even if she scored less points 4 than the American (47-51). Clara conceded 23 points on serve (37-23). On the losing side, Sofia conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).

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

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American clinched in the 10th game (6-4) before finally winning the set (6-4).

Kenin failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Sofia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 56 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sofia won just 2 more points than the Dane (29-27). The American lost 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the net, Clara conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).

3rd Set -
Kenin 7-6
KeninTauson
7
6
T
1
0
K
1
1
K
1
2
T
2
2
T
2
3
K
3
3
K
4
3
T
4
4
T
4
5
K
5
5
K
6
5
T
6
6
T
7
6
K
8
6
KeninTauson
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
KeninTauson
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
KeninTauson
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
KeninTauson
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
KeninTauson
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
KeninTauson
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
KeninTauson
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
KeninTauson
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KeninTauson
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
KeninTauson
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
KeninTauson
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

The American conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 9th (4-5) game, Kenin broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 8-6.

Tiebreak

The American won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Clara won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 8th (4-4) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Sofia converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Kenin saved 1 set point when she was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Tauson was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (4-4 0-40).

They contested 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Sofia won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Clara (37-38). The American lost 11 points on serve (20-11). In addition, on the other side, the Dane conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).

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

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