
Sofia Kenin wins against Anna Kalinskaya 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Charleston on Friday. Kenin will face off with Amanda Anisimova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2019, 2021 and 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Sofia added to her prize money $ 25,535 after winning this match. She has already won $ 51,085 up to now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Sofia will add $ 49,915 to her earnings to get in total $ 101,000.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Anna Kalinskaya Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kenin scored 61 points vs. the Russian’s 48.
Kenin
Sofia served extremely well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (9/17) on her second serve. Sofia didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).
Kalinskaya
On the other side, the Russian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kenin and Kalinskaya is 1-0 for Sofia.
Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Amanda Anisimova – stats
Kenin will come up against Anisimova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Sofia Kenin and Amanda Anisimova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kenin and Anisimova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kenin won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Tyler back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Kenin was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Kalinskaya in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for Kenin to win the set as Kalinskaya found the way to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. The American maintained her focus to break Kalinskaya in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).
The Russian capitulated the 1st game (1-0) when she was 40-0 up. Anna was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Sofia converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-4 0-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Anna converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 66 points. Kenin conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Anna (35-31). The American surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Kenin overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Kalinskaya in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the American managed to stage a good comeback to break Kalinskaya in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Sofia was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Russian (26-17). Sofia was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the losing side, Kalinskaya conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Sofia KeninKenin – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-4 6-3)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (1-6 6-3 6-0)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-1 6-4)
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Emma NavarroNavarro (7-5 7-61)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H details and stats