When Jasmine Paolini plays in Beijing: background with Sofia Kenin

Tomorrow morning, scheduled to begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. Italian time, 2:30 p.m. local time, Jasmine Paolini, world number 8, will play her WTA 1000 Beijing WTA 1000 round of 16 match against Sofia Kenin of the United States, number 26.

The match will be the third scheduled on the main court of the China Open, the Capital Group Diamond. Kenin was No. 4 in 2020 thanks to her triumph at the Australian Open and the Roland Garros final. She has won five tournaments in her career.

This year the 26-year-old, who was born in Moscow and moved to the United States with her family when she was very young, has a record of 26 wins and 21 losses before this tournament. Paolini, on the other hand, a triumphant player in Rome, is at 28-10.

There are three previous matches between the two and Kenin has won them all in two sets: 6-1 6-.2 in the first round in Rome in 2019, 7-6 6-1 in the quarterfinals in Guangzhou in 2019 and 6-4 6-0 in the round of 16 in Dubai this year.