Marie Bouzkova wins against Anna Blinkova 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Lexington on Wednesday. Bouzkova is going to play against Jennifer Brady in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Bouzkova got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Blinkova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Marie to win the set because Anna succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game.
An important stage of this set was when Bouzkova won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Czech was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40). On the other side, the Russian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. Marie was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Russian (34-26). The Czech lost 12 points on serve (20-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Anna conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Bouzkova in this set didn’t concede much to Anna and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Blinkova in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Anna was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Bouzkova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Blinkova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They contested 50 points. Marie won 12 more points than Anna (31-19). Marie dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the net, Anna conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
The Czech will add to her prize money $ 1,850 after managing to win this match. She has won already $ 5,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Bouzkova will add $ 3,700 to her earnings to earn $ 8,700 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Bouzkova scored 65 points vs. Blinkova’s 45.
The Czech was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6). On the other side, Anna was battling in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Bouzkova and Blinkova is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Marie Bouzkova vs. Jennifer Brady – stats
Bouzkova will take on Brady in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Marie Bouzkova and Jennifer Brady since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Lexington
- Shelby RogersRogers – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Venus WilliamsWilliams (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-64 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Shelby RogersRogers (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
