Kenin goodbye in the debut of the Roland Garros qualy

The American does not go beyond the debut in the Roland Garros qualy. Sofia Kenin continues with her particular bumps and falls to the local Rouvroy (4-6, 3-6) being the great disappointment in the women’s draw on the first day of the qualifying round at Roland Garros.

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Quite a Grand Slam champion like Sofia Kenin debuted in the previous phase of Roland Garros on the first day of this edition. The American came from two wins in Rome, after beating Bucsa and Sabalenka, the best player of the season. After these results she was one of the favorites to reach the final table, but for her she had to overcome the young French woman in her debut Rouvroy, a regular player on the ITF circuit. It was the first confrontation between the two and one of the two was going to continue in the adventure of Roland Garros.

Kenin says goodbye to Roland Garros

All the favoritism fell on Kenin. The American started with one more march to more quickly escape until 2-0. The gala showed pride and quickly made it 2-2 to make it clear that she was not going to sell her defeat easily. Little by little, Kenin returned to impose his law with the exchanges from the bottom of the track, he hit another blow on the table, leaving 4-2. Despite this, Rouvroy’s reaction came and it is that after a double break and after four consecutive games for 6-4 took the first set in 49 minutes giving one of the surprises of the first day.

Kevin did not want scares and achieved a break in the third game that gave him some peace of mind, although it did not last long. The Frenchwoman countered Kenin’s breaks until the seventh game she took the lead and shifted all the pressure to the other side. After a break with 5-3, he was on the brink of victory. The pressure was maximum but Rouvroy with 40-30 reached the match point and at the first opportunity closed the match and eliminated one of the favorites to enter the final table. Sofia Kevin continues with her ups and downs this season and is left out of Roland Garros at the first opportunity.