Anna Blinkova topples Zarina Diyas 6-2 7-5 in the qualifications in Beijing on Saturday. Blinkova will face Yulia Putintseva in the 1st round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Blinkova got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Diyas in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for the Russian to win the set as Zarina managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Blinkova maintained her focus to break Diyas in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Kazakhstani lost the 5th game (4-1) when she was 40-0 up.
2nd set.
Blinkova had a strong start of this set after breaking Diyas in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set because Diyas succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) game. The Russian kept her focus to break Diyas in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Anna scored 82 points vs. Zarina’s 70 points.
Blinkova won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 31% (5/16). On the other side, Diyas was not so effective in converting her break points because she converted only 22% of her break points (2/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Blinkova and Diyas is 1-1.
Next Match: Anna Blinkova vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats
Blinkova will play Putintseva in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Anna Blinkova and Yulia Putintseva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Beijing
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- Christina MchaleMchale – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Yue YuanYuan (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Heather WatsonWatson (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Zarina DiyasDiyas (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Lauren DavisDavis – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
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