Sofia Kenin overcomes Elina Svitolina 7-62 6-4 in the quarter in Toronto on Friday. Kenin will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Svitolina was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Kenin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, Kenin found the way to come back to break the Ukrainian in the 6th (2-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.
Svitolina lost the 6th game (2-4) when she was serving and leading 40-0.
Notwithstanding also Elina won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0
2nd set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Sofia conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).
At the end of the match, the American scored 88 points vs. Svitolina’s 76 points.
The American didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (3/5). On the other side, Elina was struggling in converting her break points since she converted only 18% of her break points (2/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Kenin and Svitolina is 1-1.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Elina Svitolina Rogers Cup – Toronto
Next Match: Sofia Kenin vs. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu – H2H and stats
Kenin will face Vanessa Andreescu in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Sofia Kenin and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Kenin and Vanessa Andreescu (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Vanessa Andreescu won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami back in March 2019.
Sofia Kenin in Toronto |
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