American Sofia Kenin advances to the second spherical of the Pan Pacific Open
TOKYO — Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin prolonged her unbeaten streak towards Wang Xinyu, beating the Chinese language tenth seed 6-1, 6-4 in a first-round match on the Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old American, who gained the Australian Open in 2020 and reached the ultimate of the French Open in the identical yr, gained his fourth straight match towards Wang. Wang’s earlier victories have been twice at Wimbledon – in 2021 and 2023 – and in Auckland, New Zealand final yr.
Kenin defeated Garbiñe Muguruza within the 2020 Melbourne Park Grand Slam singles last and misplaced to Iga Swiatek within the French Open last a couple of months later.
After his win on the Australian Open, he achieved the very best rating of No. 4, however a sequence of accidents over the previous few years has seen him drop to his present variety of 155. He additionally needed to withdraw from the 2021 US Open on account of COVID 19.
Kenin was joined within the second spherical by Canadians Bianca Andreescu, who beat Serena Williams for the 2019 US Open title, and Leylah Fernandez, who gained their opening matches on Monday.
The most effective participant within the Pan Pacific this yr is Zheng Qinwen, who gained a gold medal on the Olympics.
