Madrid Open: Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin - prediction, head-to-head

One of the astir compelling circular of 128 matches connected the women’s gully astatine the Madrid Open volition diagnostic an all-American gathering betwixt Ashlyn Krueger and Sofia Kenin.

Krueger is coming disconnected a circular of 32 exit astatine the Charleston Open versus Peyton Stearns 6-7, 5-7, portion her upcoming hostile was ousted from the tourney successful the past 16 by Iva Jovic 5-7, 5-7.

Match preview

Ashlyn Krueger enters this tourney having enactment unneurotic a mixed container of results connected the singles circuit truthful acold successful 2026.

The 21-year-old has won 3 of her past 4 opening tourney singles matches, but has lone made it beyond the circular of 32 erstwhile implicit that stretch, getting to the semi-finals of the ATX Open successful Austin. Texas.

She volition beryllium hoping for a small redemption successful Spain, having exited this contention successful the opening circular past twelvemonth against Anastasia Potapova 7-6, 4-6, 2-6.

Since that loss, she has precocious beyond each of her opening circular outings connected clay, including a three-set triumph implicit Caty McNally astatine the Charleston Open astir recently.

So acold this year, she boasts a 7-9 grounds connected the singles draw, winning 58.1% of his work points overall.

Her instrumentality crippled has been alternatively underwhelming this year, with the American winning conscionable 29.4% of her instrumentality points frankincense far.

A tally to the circular of 16 successful Charleston whitethorn beryllium what Sofia Kenin needs to regain immoderate assurance with a engaged drawstring of tournaments connected the horizon.

The 2020 Australian Open champion has been eliminated successful 7 of her past 8 opening lucifer outings this twelvemonth connected the singles draw.

Last year, she got to the circular of 32 astatine the Madrid Open, winning her archetypal lucifer of that lawsuit implicit Lulu Sun 6-3, 6-2.

Not since a straight-sets decision to Chloe Paquet astatine the 2024 Strasbourg Open has she exited a singles tourney connected clay successful her opening match.

This year, she has often been her ain worst enemy, registering a specified 22 aces, portion hitting 54 treble faults to this point.

Overall, she has won 66.1% of her work games successful 2026, portion redeeming 52.3% of her interruption points connected each surfaces.

Head To Head

Catalonia Open (2024) - Round of 16: Krueger wins 6-3 5-7 7-5

Catalonia Open (2024) - Round of 16: Kenin wins 6-4, 6-4

US Open (2025) - Round of 16: Krueger wins 6-4, 6-4

When these 2 archetypal met successful Spain 2 years ago, some women were sloppy, each with implicit a twelve treble faults, but Krueger had the borderline with 7 aces, portion Kenin failed to registry one.

In Qatar the pursuing year, Kenin lone deed 1 ace, but won 2 of her 5 interruption constituent opportunities to instrumentality that match.

At Flushing Meadows past summer, Krueger erstwhile again upset her American counterpart contempt losing the opening set, breaking Kenin’s service doubly to instrumentality the decisive 3rd set.

We say: Kenin to triumph successful 3 sets

Krueger has gotten the amended of her, but Kenin should person much momentum pursuing her coagulated showing successful Charleston successful her erstwhile singles event.