Anna Blinkova stuns Garcia in the 2nd round to play vs Svitolina at the French Open. HIGHLIGHTS – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Blinkova surprises Garcia to face Elina Svitolina in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Caroline Garcia

Anna Blinkova shocks Caroline Garcia 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. Blinkova will play Elina Svitolina in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes. This run will match her best result in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Blinkova
Paris
Blinkova's Record

Blinkova added to her prize money € 45,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 142,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add € 98,000 to her earnings to get in total € 240,000 in total.

Highlights Anna Blinkova vs. Caroline Garcia French Open – Paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPJPyO_vfFY

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Blinkova
Garcia
Anna Blinkova
4-6 6-3 7-5
2h:51
Caroline Garcia
123
123
Total points
117
117
61
61
Winners
33
33
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
28%
28%
30
30
Unforced
50
50
38%
38%
Ratio Unforced
63%
63%
9/14
9/14
Net Approaches
19/25
19/25
64%
64%
Perc
76%
76%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
4
4
8
8
Double Faults
7
7
66%
66%
1st in
51%
51%
64%
64%
1st won
67%
67%
61/95
61/95
1st won
33/49
33/49
44%
44%
2nd won
48%
48%
21/48
21/48
2nd won
23/48
23/48
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
4/18
4/18
50%
50%
Won
22%
22%
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At the end of the match, Blinkova scored 123 points vs. Caroline’s 117.

Blinkova

Blinkova didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).

Garcia

On the other side, Garcia was battling in converting her break points (only 22% – 4/18). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Blinkova and Garcia is 2-1 for Anna.

Draw and next match H2H: Anna Blinkova vs. Elina Svitolina – stats

Blinkova will square off with Svitolina in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Anna Blinkova and Elina Svitolina fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Svitolina won 6-2 6-3 in the final in Strasbourg back in May 2023.

Anna Blinkova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Caroline conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before finally winning the set (6-4).

The French player was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Caroline didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 63 points. Garcia won 7 more points than the Russian (35-28). Caroline conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). On the losing side, Blinkova conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).

2nd Set -
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Blinkova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Caroline Garcia in the 1st game (1-0). However, Blinkova found the way to come back to break Caroline 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

Anna failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

A defining moment of this set was when Blinkova won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Russian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Garcia converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 74 points. Anna conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the French player (42-32). Blinkova lost 21 points on serve (26-21). on the other side of the net, Caroline conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

3rd Set -
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Blinkova won the set after she broke the French player in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Garcia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Anna stayed solid to conquer the set 7-5.

Blinkova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Garcia converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A and 40-A).

They played 103 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 more points than Garcia (53-50). Blinkova lost 25 points on serve (34-25). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).

1st
Blinkova
Garcia
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Blinkova
Garcia
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Blinkova
Garcia
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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