Anna Blinkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo will face off in the quarter of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sara Sorribes Tormo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sara Sorribes Tormo is the pick to win this match.
Sara Sorribes Tormo -> 1.57
Anna Blinkova -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
This will be the 3rd time that Anna Blinkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sorribes Tormo won 4-6 5-2 ret. in the qualifications in Ostrava back in 2020.
Anna Blinkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-18 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 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. 37, Anna got to the quarter after defeating Yulia Putintseva 6-4 2-6 5-1 ret. and Priscilla Hon 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Anna had a good straight sets win against Hon (6-1 6-3). During the match, Blinkova scored 59 points vs Hon’s 36. Blinkova was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blinkova struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Anna Blinkova was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (23/32) of her 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Blinkova broke Hon 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Blinkova has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (271-191). 14-13 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blinkova has an overall 97-79 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Strasbourg.
Anna has a composed 29-25 win-loss record in 2023, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Sara Sorribes Tormo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-18 | 2-8 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-17 | 10-6 | 17-9 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-18 | 9-10 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 24-11 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 4-7 | 9-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 57, Sara got to the quarter after beating Ho Ching Wu 6-1 6-0 and Xinyu Wang 6-4 4-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Sorribes Tormo defeated Wang (6-4 4-6 6-1). During the match Sorribes Tormo scored 94 points vs Wang’s 72. Sara was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Sorribes Tormo recorded 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Sara Sorribes Tormo lost the serve 6 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sorribes Tormo put 70% of her first serves in, winning 57% (37/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Sara broke Wang 8 times after converting 57% of her break points (8/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sorribes Tormo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 61% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Cleveland where she beat Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final 3-6 6-4 6-4.
Sara has an aggregate 27-14 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blinkova | Sorribes Tormo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 40 |
| Pts | 135-106 | 148-96 |
| Total Points | 241 | 244 |
| Winners | 54 | 60 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Blinkova and Sorribes Tormo played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Anna Blinkova surrendered 1 set, while Sara Sorribes Tormo lost 1 set. Blinkova has played 1 set more than Sorribes Tormo (6 vs 5). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (40). The Russian scored 54 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Sorribes Tormo scored 60 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blinkova | Sorribes Tormo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 77/125 | 95/134 |
| %1st in | 62% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 54/77 | 60/95 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 25/48 | 18/39 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 46% |
Blinkova blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Sorribes Tormo made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Blinkova won 70% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sorribes Tormo won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blinkova | Sorribes Tormo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/11 | 14/22 |
| % Converted | 82% | 64% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 64% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The Russian broke her opponents 9 times with a 82% conversion rate. Blinkova lost her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Sara broke her opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Sara conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded.
| Blinkova | ||||
| R1 Putintseva |
R2 Hon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 5-1 ret. | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 16 | 40 | |
| pts | 76-70 | 59-36 | 135-106 | |
| Total points | 146 | 95 | 241 | |
| Winners | 31 | 23 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/75 | 32/50 | 77/125 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 23/32 | 54/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 72% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 12/18 | 25/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 67% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/5 | 9/11 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 80% | 82% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sorribes Tormo | ||||
| R1 Ching Wu |
R2 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 27 | 40 | |
| pts | 54-24 | 94-72 | 148-96 | |
| Total points | 78 | 166 | 244 | |
| Winners | 23 | 37 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 30/41 | 65/93 | 95/134 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 37/65 | 60/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 57% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 13/28 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 8/14 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 57% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
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