Anna Blinkova aces Bucsa in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Rybakina at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Blinkova beats Bucsa to square off with Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Cristina Bucsa

Anna Blinkova dispatches Cristina Bucsa 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Blinkova will engage against Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Blinkova
Melbourne
Blinkova's Record

Blinkova added to her prize money $ 60,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Anna will add $ 75,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Anna Blinkova vs. Cristina Bucsa Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Blinkova
Bucsa
Anna Blinkova
6-2 6-4
1h:17
Cristina Bucsa
65
65
Total points
56
56
34
34
Winners
22
22
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
20
20
Unforced
27
27
43%
43%
Ratio Unforced
57%
57%
4/4
4/4
Net Approaches
4/6
4/6
100%
100%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
69%
69%
1st in
60%
60%
72%
72%
1st won
69%
69%
34/47
34/47
1st won
22/32
22/32
48%
48%
2nd won
48%
48%
10/21
10/21
2nd won
10/21
10/21
187
187
Fastest serve
162
162
161
161
AVG 1st Serve
155
155
128
128
AVG 2nd Serve
129
129
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
0/4
0/4
43%
43%
Won
0%
0%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 65 points vs. Cristina’s 56.

Blinkova

Anna won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Bucsa

On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Blinkova and Bucsa is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Anna Blinkova vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Blinkova will square off with Rybakina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Anna Blinkova and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Blinkova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Blinkova won 5-7 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Petersburg back in 2017.

Anna Blinkova Draw info

1st
Blinkova
Bucsa
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Blinkova
Bucsa
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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