A biography for Sofia Keninhasn’t been written yet.
“I feel like I'm doing a really good job with keeping my ground and staying focused, starting off strong in the third set, because obviously I don't want to go too down.”
“Well, obviously it's clay. It's slower. You have to grind more. You move a lot more. You have to slide.”
“I'm not a player that's going to grind at the baseline - I like to dictate and control the point and try to use my drop shot as a weapon.”
“During the match I just try to put the emotions aside. I don't have time to think about my emotions. I have to play one point at a time.”
“Match play has really helped me. All the confidence that I'm getting is because of that.”
“In tennis, it's usually you by yourself, so getting to be part of a team is really special.”
“I know people haven't really paid attention much to me in the past. I had to establish myself, and I have. Of course, now I'm getting the attention, which I like it. Not going to lie.”
“I've watched Serena. I've been following her, all the slams she's been winning. It's a special feeling just to be ahead of her.”
“People said, 'What are you talking about? She's so small. What are you doing? This is a joke.' We didn't have the best things said about me, but my dad's been there and he believed in me, didn't listen to that.”
“It's not easy to get respect. It's really easy to lose it.”
“I get involved when it comes to style and pretty looks on the court.”
“I have part of Russian stuff inside me, fight and fierce that I have.”
“I love all this attention and this media!”
“It's not easy getting to a Grand Slam final.”
“It's not easy when you were so close to win the title and you lost it.”
“I love winning more than anything, so, yeah, winning.”
“I tried not to focus on the fact that I'm playing Venus Williams and tried to focus on myself. To show that I'm Sofia Kenin is obviously the cherry on top.”
“I feel like I'm playing some of my best tennis on clay. I'm sliding a lot, moving a lot. I know how to adjust to the surface, so I'm loving the clay.”
“I was never the biggest, so I had to take the ball early and control the points in order to not be overpowered.”
“I wasn't into any other toys. I always liked to play with balls and with a racket.”