Elina Svitolina upsets Blinkova in the 3rd round to play vs Kasatkina at the French Open. INTERVIEW – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Svitolina upsets Blinkova to face Daria Kasatkina in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Blinkova

Elina Svitolina surprises Anna Blinkova 2-6 6-2 7-5 in the 3rd round in Paris on Friday. Svitolina will have to play Daria Kasatkina in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2015, 2017 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Svitolina
Paris
Svitolina's Record

Elina added to her prize money € 98,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 240,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Ukrainian will add € 160,000 to her earnings to get in total € 400,000 in total.

Svitolina’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina
Blinkova
Elina Svitolina
2-6 6-2 7-5
2h:17
Anna Blinkova
97
97
Total points
89
89
33
33
Winners
30
30
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
32
32
Unforced
43
43
43%
43%
Ratio Unforced
57%
57%
4/9
4/9
Net Approaches
18/29
18/29
44%
44%
Perc
62%
62%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
59%
59%
1st in
57%
57%
60%
60%
1st won
57%
57%
33/55
33/55
1st won
30/53
30/53
42%
42%
2nd won
38%
38%
16/38
16/38
2nd won
15/40
15/40
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
Total
6/12
6/12
58%
58%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 97 points vs. Anna’s 89.

Svitolina

Elina was pretty focused in converting 58% of the break points that she conquered (7/12).

Blinkova

On the other side, the Russian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (6/12). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Svitolina and Blinkova is 2-0 for Elina.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats

Svitolina will compete against Kasatkina in the 4th round.

This will be the 7th time that Elina Svitolina and Daria Kasatkina square off. The head to head is 6-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Svitolina won 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in New York back in 2021.

Elina Svitolina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Svitolina started the set in the best possible way after breaking Anna Blinkova in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Blinkova to win the set as Elina managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Anna maintained her focus to break the Ukrainian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Elina was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Blinkova was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Elina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).

They contested 47 points. Anna was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Svitolina (30-17). The Russian dropped 10 points on serve (16-10). on the other side of the net, Svitolina conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

2nd Set -
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Svitolina started the set strong after breaking Anna Blinkova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Ukrainian to win the set because Anna found the way to break back in the 6th (1-5) game.

The Ukrainian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 30.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Svitolina won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Svitolina converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 4th game (4-0 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Blinkova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 6th game (0-5 30-40).

They played 52 points. Svitolina conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Russian (32-20). Elina dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, Blinkova conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).

3rd Set -
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Elina won the set after she broke Anna 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. However, the Ukrainian stayed solid to conquer the set 7-5.

Elina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.

Svitolina converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40), the 8th (4-4 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Blinkova converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).

They played 87 points. The Ukrainian won 9 more points than Blinkova (48-39). The Ukrainian surrendered 19 points on serve (25-19). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 23 points on serve (20-23).

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

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