Sofia Kenin shocks Katie Boulter 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Tokyo on Saturday. Kenin will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Qinwen Zheng in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Tokyo
Kenin's Record

The American added to her prize money $ 36,361 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 87,566 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kenin will add $ 54,434 to her earnings to get in total $ 142,000 in total.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Katie Boulter Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Boulter
6-4 6-4
1h:29
67
67
Total points
55
55
31
31
Winners
24
24
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
7
7
73%
73%
1st in
51%
51%
72%
72%
1st won
75%
75%
31/43
31/43
1st won
24/32
24/32
63%
63%
2nd won
42%
42%
10/16
10/16
2nd won
13/31
13/31
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
1/5
1/5
38%
38%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Kenin scored 67 points vs. the Brit’s 55.

Kenin

Kenin won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Boulter

On the other side, Katie had a tough time converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kenin and Boulter is 2-0 for Sofia.

Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Kenin will square off with Zheng in the final.

There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

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

The American won the set after she broke Katie in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Boulter tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Yet, the American maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-4

.

Kenin failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

A crucial moment of this set was when Kenin won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

The American converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th

(4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Katie was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-5 15-40).

They played 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 points more than Boulter (36-33). The American surrendered 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Katie conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).

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

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sofia snatched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

Sofia converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Katie was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 53 points. Sofia won 9 points more than the Brit (31-22). The American conceded 8 points on serve (23-8). On the other side, Boulter conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

1st
Kenin
Boulter
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Kenin
Boulter
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (7-65 6-3)
  • Sofia KeninKenin – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-4 6-4)

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