TENNIS SCORES GUANGZHOU. Amazing Blinkova too good for Bouzkova in the quarter in Guangzhou

Anna Blinkova outpaces Marie Bouzkova 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Guangzhou on Thursday after playing a solid match to deal with Sofia Kenin in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Blinkova had a great start in this set after breaking Bouzkova in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set because Bouzkova succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. The Russian kept her focus to break the Czech in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

2^nd set.

Blinkova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Bouzkova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Russian extended her lead after breaking Bouzkova in the 4^th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Blinkova won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 63 points vs. Marie’s 44 points.

The Russian served extremely well to win 78% of the points (29/37) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 42% points (11/26) on her second serve. The Russian didn’t lose the focus when converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7). On the other side, Marie had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 17% of her break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Blinkova and Bouzkova is 1-0 for Anna.

Next Match: Anna Blinkova vs. Sofia Kenin – stats

Blinkova will come up against Kenin in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Anna Blinkova and Sofia Kenin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Samantha StosurStosur – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-5 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Samantha StosurStosur (0-0) – See H2H details