Sofia Kenin makes light work of Dayana Yastremska 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in Toronto on Thursday after playing a superlative match to square off with Elina Svitolina in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sofia in this set was in much better shape than Dayana and therefore she won 6-2 after breaking the Ukrainian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
2nd set.
Kenin was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Yastremska in the 1st game (1-0). Sofia improved her lead after breaking the Ukrainian in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
At the end of the match, Sofia scored 56 points vs. the Ukrainian’s 32 points.
Kenin served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (25/32) behind her first serve, and she won 59% points (10/17) on her second serve. The American was stunning in converting all the break points (4/4). On the other side, Dayana wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Kenin and Yastremska is 1-1.
Next Match: Sofia Kenin vs. Elina Svitolina – H2H and stats
Kenin will come up against Svitolina in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Elina Svitolina face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Svitolina won 3-6 7-65 6-4 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in March 2019.
