Anastasia Potapova and Anna Blinkova will face off in the semifinal of the Transylvania Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anastasia Potapova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anastasia Potapova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Potapova -> 1.43
Anna Blinkova -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Potapova vs. Anna Blinkova

This will be the 2^nd time that Anastasia Potapova and Anna Blinkova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Blinkova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Blinkova won 7-6(3) 7-5 in the 1^st round in the Trnava back in 2018.

Anastasia Potapova

Ranked no. 48, Anastasia reached the semifinal after defeating Ann Li 6-2 7-6⁵, Viktorija Golubic 6-2 6-3 and Anna Bondar 7-5 3-6 6-1.

In the quarter, Potapova defeated Bondar (7-5 3-6 6-1). During the match, Potapova scored 110 points vs Bondar’s 102. Potapova was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Potapova couldn’t to score even 1 ace and she committed only 8 double faults. Anastasia Potapova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Potapova put 54% of her first serves in, winning 78% (45/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (17/49) on the 2nd serve. Potapova broke Bondar 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Anastasia has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Potapova has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of her matches (160-110). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Potapova has a compiled25-16 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Istanbul where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-3 6-1.

Potapova has a compiled 35-22 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cluj-Napoca

Anna Blinkova

Ranked no. 138, the Russian reached the semifinal after beating Lesya Tsurenko 6-2 7-5, Mirjam Bjorklund 6-2 6-2, Anastasia Zakharova 6-1 7-6⁷, Xinyu Wang 6-4 2-6 6-1 and Anhelina Kalinina 6-7⁷ 6-1 6-3.

In the quarter against Kalinina, Anna recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁷ 6-1 6-3). During the match Blinkova scored 115 points vs Kalinina’s 95. Blinkova was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Blinkova made 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 55% of her first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kalinina 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Boutheon,the W60 Grenoble,the W25 Le Havre and the Malo.

Anna has an aggregate 40-26 win-loss record in 2022, 15-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cluj

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Potapova	Blinkova
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	12
Tot Games	66	110
Pts	253-216	421-328
Total Points	469	749
Winners	94	157
%Winners	37%	37%

Potapova played 3 matches while Blinkova competed in 5 matches. Blinkova started her run from the qualifications while Potapova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Anastasia Potapova lost 1 set, while Anna Blinkova dropped 2 sets. Potapova has played 5 set(s) less than Blinkova (7 vs 12). Therefore, Potapova played 44 games less than Blinkova. Potapova scored 94 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Blinkova fired 157 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Potapova	Blinkova
Aces	4	20
Avg per match	1.3	4
1st in	137/240	225/384
%1st in	57%	59%
1st pts	94/137	157/225
%1st pts	69%	70%
2nd pts	38/103	78/159
%2nd pts	37%	49%

Potapova blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Blinkova managed to score 20 aces (4 per match). Potapova won 69% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Blinkova won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Potapova	Blinkova
Won	19	28
Converted	19/36	28/47
% Converted	53%	60%
Conceded	37	43
Saved	26	29
% Saved	70%	67%
Times Broken	11	14

The Russian broke her opponents 19 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve 11 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. Anna broke her opponents 28 times with a 60% conversion rate. Blinkova conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Potapova
	R1 Li	R2 Golubic	1/4 Bondar	Total
Score	6-2 7-65	6-2 6-3	7-5 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	21	17	28	66
pts	78-64	65-50	110-102	253-216
Total points	142	115	212	469
Winners	28	21	45	94
%Winners	36%	32%	41%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	0	4
Double Faults	6	3	8	17
1st in	45/75	34/58	58/107	137/240
% 1st in	60%	59%	54%	57%
1st pts	28/45	21/34	45/58	94/137
% 1st pts	62%	62%	78%	69%
2nd pts	8/30	13/24	17/49	38/103
% 2nd pts	27%	54%	35%	37%
Breaks
Won	8	6	5	19
Converted	8/12	6/12	5/12	19/36
Converted %	67%	50%	42%	53%
Conceded	12	8	17	37
Saved	6/12	6/8	14/17	26
Saved %	50%	75%	82%	69%
Times Broken	6	2	3	11

Blinkova
	Q1 Tsurenko	Q3 Bjorklund	R1 Zakharova	R2 Wang	1/4 Kalinina	Total
Score	6-2 7-5	6-2 6-2	6-1 7-67	6-4 2-6 6-1	6-77 6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	3	12
Tot Games	20	16	20	25	29	110
pts	72-55	59-35	94-73	81-70	115-95	421-328
Total points	127	94	167	151	210	749
Winners	23	23	37	34	40	157
%Winners	32%	39%	39%	42%	35%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	6	5	5	20
Double Faults	4	1	3	5	4	17
1st in	34/58	31/46	54/92	49/84	57/104	225/384
% 1st in	59%	67%	59%	58%	55%	59%
1st pts	23/34	23/31	37/54	34/49	40/57	157/225
% 1st pts	68%	74%	69%	69%	70%	70%
2nd pts	13/24	7/15	17/38	16/35	25/47	78/159
% 2nd pts	54%	47%	45%	46%	53%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	6	6	5	6	28
Converted	5/11	6/6	6/12	5/5	6/13	28/47
Converted %	45%	100%	50%	100%	46%	60%
Conceded	5	7	15	8	8	43
Saved	3/5	5/7	11/15	4/8	6/8	29
Saved %	60%	71%	73%	50%	75%	110%
Times Broken	2	2	4	4	2	14

Tennis Scores in Cluj

• Viktor GalovicGalovic – Vasile AntonescuAntonescu (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (4-6 6-2 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Xiyu WangWang – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-1) – H2H and prediction