Sofia Kenin shocks Lulu Sun 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Hobart on Tuesday. Kenin will square off with Anna Blinkova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. Sofia won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Hobart
Kenin's Record

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Lulu Sun Hobart International – Hobart

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Sun
4-6 6-3 6-3
1h:55
90
90
Total points
78
78
32
32
Winners
34
34
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
62%
62%
1st in
56%
56%
67%
67%
1st won
67%
67%
32/48
32/48
1st won
34/51
34/51
59%
59%
2nd won
40%
40%
17/29
17/29
2nd won
16/40
16/40
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
3/4
3/4
38%
38%
Won
75%
75%
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At the end of the match, Kenin scored 90 points vs. the Kiwi’s 78.

Kenin

Sofia won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Sun

On the other side, the Kiwi didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Anna Blinkova – stats

Kenin will play Blinkova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Sofia Kenin and Anna Blinkova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kenin and Blinkova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Blinkova won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Limoges back in 2022.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The Kiwi won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Kiwi broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game to win the set 6-4.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when LuluAnke won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 1-3 to 5-3.

Sun was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kenin was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40).

They played 61 points. The Kiwi conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Sofia (33-28). The Kiwi dropped 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Sofia conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).

2nd Set -
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Kenin had a strong start of this set after breaking Lulu Sun in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Kenin to win the set since Sun found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

There was an important spell in this set when Kenin won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd

set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

The American converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Kiwi was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).

They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 points more than the Kiwi (30-27

). The American surrendered 10 points on serve (14-10). on the other side of the court, the Kiwi conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
3rd Set -
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The American won the set after she broke LuluAnke in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Kenin converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Sofia didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 50 points. Sofia was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than LuluAnke (32-18). Kenin was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, Sun conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

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

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