Taylor Townsend surprises Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in Washington on Thursday in what was an all-American match after playing a tremendous match to face off with Leylah Annie Fernandez in the quarter. The match lasted just 57 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2014 and 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Taylor added to her prize money $ 18,445 after winning this match. She has already won $ 37,530 after this win. If she wins the next match, Taylor will add $ 33,675 to her earnings to get in total $ 71,205 in total.
Highlights Taylor Townsend vs. Sofia Kenin Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Townsend scored 58 points vs. Kenin’s 28.
Townsend
Taylor served very well to win 83% of the points (24/29) behind her first serve, and she won 57% points (8/14) on her second serve. Townsend struck 17 aces and she committed 2 double faults. Taylor was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).
Kenin
On the other side, Sofia was exceptional in converting the only break point that she converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Townsend and Kenin is 3-4 for Sofia.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Townsend vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez – stats
Townsend will take on Annie Fernandez in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Taylor Townsend and Leylah Annie Fernandez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Taylor clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Townsend broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Sofia was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Townsend converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). On the other side, Sofia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 53 points. Townsend was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Sofia (34-19). Taylor lost 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Kenin conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
Kenin was unable to hold the serve for the entire set and Townsend won the set 6-0.
Taylor converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40). On the other side, Townsend didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 33 points. Townsend was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Sofia (24-9). Townsend was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (14-4). On the losing side, Sofia conceded 10 points on serve (5-10).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-0)
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Venus WilliamsWilliams (6-2 6-2)
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-4 6-2)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 1-6 7-5)
- Clara TausonTauson – Caroline DolehideDolehide (3-6 7-5 6-4)
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma NavarroNavarro (7-5 7-61)
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-0)
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria MbokoMboko (6-3 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-0) – H2H details and stats