Biography
Sofia Kenin is American tennis player with Russian roots. On the account of the athlete many bright victories. Now she goes to the corts with the strongest players of the world. Amazing technique of playing, dynamism, feed attract a large number of fans to the tennis player. You can see the game of Sofia at the major world championships.Childhood and youth
Kenin was born on November 14, 1998 in Moscow. From the young age, the girl demonstrated wonderful coordination, and his father (Alex) Alexander Kenin, a professional tennis player, saw a future star of tennis courts in his daughter. Soon, parents, together with Sonya, immigrated to Florida, where the girl was given to the Tennis Academy. The child began playing with a racket in 5 years.
The first coach of the girl was Rick Metka, who worked with Sisters Williams, Maria Sharapova and other tennis players. At the same time, Sony's father created a site where I was postponed photos and videos talking about the sports success of the daughter. He was popular and had many views.
Tennis
Rick Metka noted in an interview that when Kenin came to the Academy, a wonderful coordination of the child's hands and eyes was immediately obvious. Intensive workouts led to the fact that at 7 years old, young tennis player won the national tournament for 10-year-olds. In 8 years, photos of Sofia appeared on the cover of the magazine published by the professional tennis association. The cumier for the girl was Maria Sharapova, who also moved from Russia to Florida.The father's father becomes coach. In 2014, Kenin won in the Junior Cup of the Federation as a member of the national team. Also in a single category girl played at the Orange Bowl tournament. An important thing in the sports biography of tennis players was 2015, then she got the opportunity to participate in US Open - it was the first appearance of athletes at WTA. Despite the loss in the first round, in the junior competition, the girl reached the final. In the autumn of the same year, Sonya took 2nd place in the junior ranking.
Embed from getty imagesIn the 2016 season, the girl won the Futures tournaments held in California. Opponent of the athlete turned out to be an experienced tennis player Grace Min, who was unable to resist the powerful game of Sofia. 2017 brought Kenin as victory, as well as defeats. The beginning of the year was not very successful - in several competitions in the States and Europe, the girl lost to rivals. At the end of the year, Sonya occupied the 113rd line of the world ranking.
2018 also passed for an athlete saturatedly, with losses and victories. At the Wimbledon tournament in the UK, Kenin could not pass on 1/32. With the same result, the girl played at the US Open Championship. The victorious was for Sony Berkeli competition, where the tennis player became a finalist.
In January 2019, the girl won in a single discharge of the WTA tournament. The defeat was awaited by Sonya at the US Open Championship. In the autumn of this year in Beijing Tennis player managed to beat Garbin Mugurus and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkov. The meeting with Elina Svitolina ended with the loss of Kenin.
2020 became very successful for tennis players - she managed to conquer the Open Championship of Australia. At the big helmet tournament, she won Ashley Barti - the first racket of the world, and in the final with Garbini Mugurus confirmed its advantage and gained title.
Personal life
Sofia does not reveal the press of the secrets of personal life. Athlete is young, so it can be assumed that she has no husband and children yet. In "Instagram" tennis player publishes photos and videos from tournaments and travel. In these pictures, Kenin is captured by one or with girlfriends.
Growth 170 cm, low weight allow an American to look to look not only in sports form, but also in swimsuits. Sofia is regularly trained, so it almost does not remain free time. In the Game of Kenin prefers a hard coating, the working hand is the right, and the blow to the left is two-handed.
Sofia Kenin now
2021 began for Sofia not the table successfully, as the previous one. In February, the owner of the title of a big helmet appealed to the hospital due to severe abdominal pain. After inspection of doctors and computer tomography, tennis players were diagnosed - acute appendicitis. Kenin lay down on an urgent operation, and after a few weeks made a career break in order to recover.The consequences of surgical intervention and lack of workouts affected Kenin's career negatively. In April, she lost to the rival Lauren Davis in Charleston, providing the exit to the next circle of the Volvo Cars Open tournament.
Now the athlete is engaged with the new coach Max Wenders.
Achievements
- 2020 - Open Australia Championship