Sofia Kenin gets by Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Melbourne on Tuesday. Kenin will clash against Ashleigh Barty in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sofia won the set after she broke Jabeur in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Tunisian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Sofia kept the focus before winning the set 6-4.
2nd set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Kenin conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the American scored 75 points vs. Ons’s 66 points.
Kenin won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points because she converted only 33% (3/9). On the other side, the Tunisian was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kenin and Jabeur is 3-0 for Sofia.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs. Ons Jabeur Australian Open – Melbourne
Kenin’s Interview
Next Match H2H: Sofia Kenin vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats
Kenin will square off with Barty in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Sofia Kenin and Ashleigh Barty face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Barty won 6-3 7-5 in the 3rd round in Wuhan back in 2019.
Predictions: Barty in 3
Sofia Kenin in Melbourne |
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Tennis Scores at the
- Sofia KeninKenin – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Petra KvitovaKvitova (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Simona HalepHalep (0-2) – See H2H details
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (4-1) – See H2H details
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Sofia KeninKenin (4-1) – See H2H details
