LUXEMBOURG. Amazing Blinkova grounds Gauff in the 1st round

Anna Blinkova rolls over Cori Gauff 6-4 6-0 in the 1^st round in Luxembourg on Wednesday after playing a solid match to come up against Tatjana Maria in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Blinkova won the set after she broke Cori in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (3-2) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, Anna didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Cori was totally subdued and Anna won the set 6-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 59 points vs. the American’s 35 points.

The Russian served extremely well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind her first serve, and she won 62% points (8/13) on her second serve. Anna was pretty effective in converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6). On the other side, Cori didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

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

Highlights Anna Blinkova vs. Cori Gauff BGL Luxembourg Open – Luxembourg

Next Match: Anna Blinkova vs. Tatjana Maria – stats

Blinkova will come up against Maria in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Anna Blinkova and Tatjana Maria fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Blinkova and Maria (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Blinkova won 6-2 7-5 in the 1^st round in Luxembourg back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Luxembourg

• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Caty McNallyMcNally (7-5 7-6³) – See score progression
• Julia GoergesGoerges – Misaki DoiDoi (5-7 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Pauline ParmentierParmentier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Marta KostyukKostyuk (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Antonia LottnerLottner – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Monica PuigPuig – Fiona FerroFerro (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Bibiane SchoofsSchoofs (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Chloe PaquetPaquet (6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Monica NiculescuNiculescu – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Denisa AllertovaAllertova – Mandy MinellaMinella (6-7⁷ 7-6⁵ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (2-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Shelby RogersRogers (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-7⁴ 7-6¹ 6-1) – See score progression
• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elise MertensMertens – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – See H2H details
• Antonia LottnerLottner – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (1-1) – See H2H details
• Monica PuigPuig – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – See H2H details
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Julia GoergesGoerges (1-2) – See H2H details
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details