French Open 2021: Sofia Kenin vs Hailey Baptiste – Preview, Head to Head and Prediction for Roland Garros

French Open 2021: Sofia Kenin vs Hailey Baptiste – Preview, Head to Head and Prediction for Roland Garros

Sofia Kenin vs Hailey Baptiste

In an all-American second round clash at the French Open 2021, World No. 5 and the 4th seeded Sofia Kenin will be up against World No. 164 Hailey Baptiste.

Match Details:

TournamentFrench Open 2021
MatchSofia Kenin vs Hailey Baptiste
RoundSecond Round
Date2nd June, 2021
Prize Money$101,683 (INR 73,73,090 approx.)
VenueParis, France
SurfaceClay Court

Sofia Kenin vs Hailey Baptiste : Preview

Sofia Kenin

Sofia Kenin breaks her streak of losing the first match of the tournament on Clay this season after she had lost in 3 straight tournaments in her first match. The 2020 Runner Up reaches the 2nd round with a 3-set win over Jelena Ostapenko winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

With her first win of the season on Clay registered at the French Open 2021, Sofia will focus better and try going for the title after having finished runner-up last season in a challenging run of draws last season.

Hailey Baptiste who is making her French Open debut this year reaches the 2nd round after starting her campaign from the qualifying rounds and won them comfortably dropping only 1 set in the 3 matches. She enters the 2nd round after defeating Anna Blinkova 6-1, 6-4.

With this win, the 19-year old American has achieved her best result at a Grand Slam after she failed to go further than the 1st round at the 2020 US Open where she made her Grand Slam debut.

Sofia Kenin vs Hailey Baptiste : Head to Head

Hailey Baptiste
Hailey Baptiste

This will be the first ever meeting between the two on the ATP Tour hence the head-to-head stands at 0-0.

Sofia Kenin vs Hailey Baptiste : Prediction

Sofia Kenin
Sofia Kenin

Sofia is 1-3 on Clay for the season with the first round victory being her first win of the season. Hailey on the other hand is 7-5 for the season on the Clay but she has been busy on the ITF circuit as well which has helped her numbers. Sofia however looks the favourite to nick this tie against the slightly inexperienced Hailey who has the potential to cause an upset here.

Prediction: Sofia Kenin to win in 3-sets in the first round of the French Open 2021.

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