Sofia Anna " Sonya " Kenin ( SOH -nee-? KEN -in , born November 14, 1998 in Moscow) is an American. She debuted in the Top 100 Women's Tennis (WTA) rankings in 2018 as a teenager. As a junior, he won the 18th USTA Girls national championship at the age of 16.
Early life and background
Kenin moved to the United States shortly after he was born. He started playing tennis at the age of 5 years. His father, Alex, acted as his old coach. Sofia's parents realize its potential and set it up to begin training with Rick Macci in Broward County, Florida. He also works with Nick Bollettieri. Her tennis idol is Maria Sharapova.
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junior career
Kenin achieved his No. 2 high career in the ITF junior rankings in 2015. Representing the United States, he partnered with CiCi Bellis and Tornado Alicia Black to win the 2014 Fed Junior Cup. He is unbeaten in his five games. The next breakthrough came towards the end of the year when he won the Orange Bowl in Florida, one of the highest-level junior tournaments along with a junior grand slam.
Kenin built that success in 2015 by winning the USTA International Spring Championship, the Grade 1 tournament. In the summer, he won the Girls 18s USTA National Championship by beating Tornado Alicia Black in the final. With that title, he got a wild card into the main draw of the US Open 2015. He also participated in the junior event at the US Open and reached the final, his best performance in a grand slam junior.
Kenin continues to play on a junior tour in 2016 while playing on the ITF pro circuit. In the US Open Junior, he again produced one of his best results of the year by reaching the semi-finals, losing to Viktoria Kuzmova.
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Professional career
Initial years
Kenin started playing some low-level tournaments at the ITF pro circuit in 2013 and won his first two professional games at the age of 14. He made his grand slam debut at the US Open 2015 with a wild wild junior champion USTA card. He lost in the first round to Mariana Duque-MariÃÆ' Â ± o. By 2016, Kenin won his first two ITF titles at the Wesley Chapel in Florida and in Sacramento in California. The second title helped him win the US Open Wild Card Challenge to get the wild card into the US Open major draw for the second time.
Kenin starts 2017 out of the top 200 ranks, but will see his ranking steadily increase throughout the year as he plays exclusively on the pro circuit. He entered the Top 150 in August after a series of successful results over the summer, including winning the $ 60K ITF tournament at Stockton and reaching the final at another event at that level in Lexington. The ITF show helped him achieve the Wild Card US Open Challenge for the second year in a row. At the US Open 2017, Kenin advanced beyond the first round of a grand slam for the first time, beating compatriot Lauren Davis and Sachia Vickery before losing to 2006 champion Maria Sharapova in the third round. It was also his first two-game win on the WTA tour. Kenin's success at the US Open helped convince him to turn pro in September, for a scholarship to attend the University of Miami. He finished this year at number 108, on the doorstep of the Top 100.
2018: Top 100 Debut
Kenin continues to climb the WTA rankings in the first half of 2018. He reached his first WTA quarter-final at ASB Classic in Auckland. He first entered the Top 100 by reaching the second round of Indian Wells Masters as a qualifier. Kenin follows this with a better performance at the next Premier Mandatory event the following week. In the Miami Open, he defeated Number 11 Daria Kasatkina to reach the third round, again as a qualifier.
Play style
Maria Sharapova and Petra KvitovÃÆ'¡ have both described Kenin as a grinder, someone who gets many balls back playing. KvitovÃÆ'¡ also said that Kenin played a very aggressive role, Kenin's father said that he developed in 2017 in his first year on the pro tour.
ITF final
Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-up)
Double: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-up)
Single performance schedule
Final Grand Slam Junior
Girl Women's Singles
References
External links
- Sofia Kenin at Women's Tennis Association
- Sofia Kenin at the International Tennis Federation
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