Anna Blinkova outpaces Myrtille Georges 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Strasbourg on Monday after playing a terrific match to fight against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round.
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Blinkova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Georges in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Blinkova to win the set since the French player found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Blinkova maintained her cool to break Georges in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Myrtille was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Anna was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Georges converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 43 points. Blinkova conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Georges (27-16). The Russian conceded 9 points on serve (10-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (7-17).
Blinkova commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Georges in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for the Russian to win the set since Myrtille managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Anna maintained her focus to break Myrtille in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Blinkova converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). In addition on the other side, Georges converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 45 points. Blinkova was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Myrtille (29-16). Anna lost 11 points on serve (16-11). On the losing side, Georges conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
Blinkova will add to her prize money € 726 after managing to win this match. She has won already € 3,347 after this win. If she wins the next match, Blinkova will add € 806 to her earnings to get in total € 4,153 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, Anna scored 56 points vs. Myrtille’s 32.
Blinkova was effective at converting 88% of the break points that she conquered (7/8). On the other side, the French player had a tough time converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Blinkova and Georges is 2-0 for Anna.
Draw and next match H2H: Anna Blinkova vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Blinkova will square off with Sabalenka in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Anna Blinkova and Aryna Sabalenka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 7-66 5-7 6-3 in the quarter in Manchester back in 2017.
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