"Obviously I'm super excited, just trying to prove some people wrong.
Just super proud of myself with the way I really fought through to get here and keeping the momentum going," she said after booking a third round match with Elina Svitolina.
Kenin said the turning point was a close match with reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina at Indian Wells earlier this year, where the American narrowly defeated 7-6(6) 7-6(5).
Grass is not her favourite surface but Kenin, 24, said the qualifiers helped her come to terms with it.
Looks obviously easy but it was tough and I feel like those matches definitely gave me confidence."
Persons:
Sofia Kenin, China's Xinyu Wang, Hannah Mckay LONDON, Kenin, Roland Garros, Alex, Coco Gauff, Wang Xinyu, Elina Svitolina, I've, Elena Rybakina, Rohith Nair, Ken Ferris
Organizations:
Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, China's Xinyu Wang REUTERS, Wimbledon, Roland, All England Club, American, Thomson
Locations:
London, Britain, Sofia, Indian, qualies, Bengaluru