Sofia Kenin hustles Ponchet in the 2nd round to clash vs Yuan. HIGHLIGHTS – HONG KONG RESULTS

HONG KONG TENNIS OPEN - HONG KONG DRAW AND RESULTS. Kenin tops Ponchet to fight against Yue Yuan in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Sofia Kenin downs Jessika Ponchet 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Hong Kong on Thursday. Kenin will play Yue Yuan in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes.

Kenin
Hong Kong
Kenin's Record

The American added to her prize money $ 2,568 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,608 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sofia will add $ 5,002 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,610 in total.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Jessika Ponchet Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Ponchet
Sofia Kenin
7-5 6-4
1h:17
Jessika Ponchet
66
66
Total points
56
56
38
38
Winners
28
28
58%
58%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
12
12
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
76%
76%
1st in
55%
55%
86%
86%
1st won
80%
80%
38/44
38/44
1st won
28/35
28/35
29%
29%
2nd won
41%
41%
4/14
4/14
2nd won
12/29
12/29
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
Total
1/2
1/2
60%
60%
Won
50%
50%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Kenin scored 66 points vs. Ponchet’s 56.

Kenin

The American served extremely well to win 86% of the points (38/44) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 29% points (4/14) on her second serve. Sofia didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (3/5).

Ponchet

On the other side, Jessika was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Kenin and Ponchet is 1-0 for Sofia.

Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Yue Yuan – stats

Kenin will play Yuan in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Yue Yuan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Yuan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Yuan won 4-6 6-3 7-66 in the semifinal in W80 Tyler back in 2022.

Sofia Kenin Draw info

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

Tennis Scores in Hong Kong

  • Suzan LamensLamens – Cristina BucsaBucsa (5-7 6-4 6-3)
  • Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-3 6-1)
  • Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-1 6-2)
  • Sofia KeninKenin – Jessika PonchetPonchet (7-5 6-4)
  • Yue YuanYuan – Nao HibinoHibino (4-6 7-5 6-2)
  • Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Priscilla HonHon (6-4 6-1)
  • Katie BoulterBoulter – Xiyu WangWang (7-67 6-4)
  • Bernarda PeraPera – Han ShiShi (6-0 6-4)

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