Veronika Kudermetova and Anna Blinkova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Libema Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.31
Anna Blinkova -> 3.58
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anna Blinkova
This will be the 3rd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Anna Blinkova face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Kudermetova won 6-1 3-6 7-6(6) in the qualifications in Shenzhen back in 2018.
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-25 | 10-16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-22 | 18-14 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 27-13 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 15-13 | 14-4 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 11-7 | 1-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Leolia Jeanjean 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Veronika had a good straight sets win against Jeanjean (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kudermetova scored 65 points vs Jeanjean’s 46. Kudermetova was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudermetova bagged 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Veronika Kudermetova was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kudermetova broke Jeanjean 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Kudermetova has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (283-189). 1-0 on grass in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudermetova has a composed14-11 record in the last 9 years on grass.
The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Melbourne, Dubai and Istanbul.
Veronika has a composed 21-11 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Anna Blinkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-29 | 14-15 | 2-8 | 6-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 4-10 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Greetje Minnen 2-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Minnen, Anna recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Blinkova scored 94 points vs Minnen’s 82. Anna was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Blinkova fired 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 72% of her first serves in, winning 59% (35/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Anna broke Minnen 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Blinkova’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Boutheon,the W60 Grenoble,the W25 Le Havre and the Malo.
Anna has an aggregate 24-13 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudermetova | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 |
| Pts | 65-46 | 94-82 |
| Total Points | 111 | 176 |
| Winners | 24 | 35 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Kudermetova and Blinkova played 1 match. At the moment, Anna Blinkova dropped 1 set while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t lost a set so far. Kudermetova has played 1 set(s) less than Blinkova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kudermetova played 8 games less than Blinkova. Veronika scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Blinkova fired 35 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudermetova | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 59/82 |
| %1st in | 65% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 35/59 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 11/23 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 48% |
Kudermetova managed to score 7 aces . Blinkova managed to score 2 aces . Kudermetova won 80% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Blinkova won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudermetova | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 44% | 46% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Kudermetova broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Veronika extremely effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Russian broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kudermetova | |||
| R1 Jeanjean |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 65-46 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 30/46 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Blinkova | |||
| R1 Minnen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 94-82 | 94-82 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/82 | 59/82 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 35/59 | 35/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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