Sofia Kenin reached the grand final of Roland Garros in 2020 (she was defeated by Iga Svyatek), but the athlete from the USA did not manage to achieve noticeable results in recent years, and at the 2023 Grand Slam tournament in Paris, she was eliminated in the first qualifying round.

Sofia Kenin, defeated by Margot Rouvrois in Roland Garros qualification

Kenin, who is ranked 120th in the WTA rankings, lost in straight sets to France’s Margot Rouvrois (278th in the world) 6-4, 6-3. The match lasted one hour and 34 minutes.

Rouvrois will meet Iryna Šymanović (211 WTA) in the next round of qualification, which received a wild card.

2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin has been seen as one of Ashley Barty’s rivals and the top-ranked WTA player.

The luster of the American has dimmed (she even dropped out of the WTA top 300), and this year she recorded 11 wins and 12 losses.

From Maria Sharapova’s idol to her father’s release

Sofia’s family history is very interesting: her parents moved from Moscow to New York many years before Sofia was born.

The athlete was born in the Russian capital, and a few months later the family returned to the United States.

Sofia started playing tennis at the Nick Bollettieri Academy, and her big idol was Maria Sharapova.

In the most important moments of her career (Australian Open 2020 and Roland Garros final of the same year), Sofia was prepared by her father. He fired him in May 2021 (they worked together after that).