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Sofia Kenin #4 def. Zhaoxuan Yang #789

7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2021*
Tournament	Abu Dhabi
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Sofia Kenin
Score	7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Zhaoxuan Yang

Stat	Sofia Kenin	Zhaoxuan Yang
Aces	4	11
Double faults	7	8
First serve %	62	54
First serve points won %	56	72
Second serve points won %	46	42
Break points saved %	75	88
Break points converted %	12	25
Service points won %	52	58
Return points won %	42	48
Total points won %	47	53

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sofia Kenin	Zhaoxuan Yang
Country	USA	CHN
Birth date	Nov 14, 1998	—
Age	22	—
Height	170	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	789
Ranking points (entering)	5,760	27
Elo (entering)	1,953	1,474
Career W-L	172–150	2–7
Career earnings	$12,503,627	$2,134,892

Pre-match H2H

Sofia Kenin 1 – 0 Zhaoxuan Yang

Path

Sofia Kenin's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Sofia Kenin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2021	R32	Kirsten Flipkens	5-7 5-4	W	H2H	Match data

Zhaoxuan Yang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2021	Q2	Despina Papamichail	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2021	Q1	Anna Danilina	3-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data