Sofia Kenin outlasts Wakana Sonobe 3-6 6-1 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Kenin will engage against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tokyo
Kenin's Record

Kenin added to her prize money $ 12,995 after winning this match. She has already won $ 28,695 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sofia will add $ 30,305 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,000 in total.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Wakana Sonobe Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kenin
Sonobe
3-6 6-1 7-62
2h:18
107
107
Total points
93
93
47
47
Winners
37
37
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
7
7
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
70%
70%
1st in
55%
55%
71%
71%
1st won
64%
64%
47/66
47/66
1st won
37/58
37/58
57%
57%
2nd won
52%
52%
16/28
16/28
2nd won
25/48
25/48
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
2/8
2/8
27%
27%
Won
25%
25%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the American scored 107 points vs. the Japanese’s 93.

Kenin

Kenin won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

Sonobe

On the other side, the Japanese was not so effective in converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Kenin will compete against Alexandrova in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Alexandrova won 6-1 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Wuhan back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sonobe 6-3
SonobeKenin
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonobeKenin
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SonobeKenin
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SonobeKenin
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
Kenin
4
2
0
0
SonobeKenin
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SonobeKenin
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SonobeKenin
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonobeKenin
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SonobeKenin
2
0
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SonobeKenin
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40

Kenin conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Wakana Sonobe in the 1st game (1-0). Wakana extended her lead after breaking the American in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.

Sonobe failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.

They contested 67 points. Wakana conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Sofia (38-29). Wakana surrendered 11 points on serve (25-11). On the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).

2nd Set -
Kenin 6-1
KeninSonobe
6
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
KeninSonobe
6
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeninSonobe
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
KeninSonobe
4
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
KeninSonobe
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KeninSonobe
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KeninSonobe
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

Kenin was far too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking Sonobe 3 times and win the set 6-1.

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.

Sonobe was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Kenin was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Sonobe wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th

game (0-6 30-40).

They played 41 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 19 more points than Wakana (30-11). Sofia lost 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Sonobe conceded 13 points on serve (4-13).

3rd Set -
Kenin 7-6
KeninSonobe
7
6
S
0
1
K
1
1
K
2
1
S
3
1
S
4
1
K
5
1
K
5
2
S
6
2
S
7
2
KeninSonobe
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
KeninSonobe
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KeninSonobe
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
KeninSonobe
5
4
30
0
40
0
40
15
KeninSonobe
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
KeninSonobe
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
KeninSonobe
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
KeninSonobe
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeninSonobe
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
KeninSonobe
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeninSonobe
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Kenin had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.

Tiebreak

The American won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 5th (4-1), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Sonobe won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.

The American won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2

They played 92 points. Sofia won 4 more points than the Japanese (48-44). Sofia dropped 11 points on serve (26-11). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 22 points on serve (33-22).

1st
Kenin
Sonobe
3-6
3
6
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Kenin
Sonobe
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Kenin
Sonobe
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

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