Anna Blinkova and Lesya Tsurenko will face off in the 1^st round of the Merida Open Akron for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Blinkova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anna Blinkova is the pick to win this match.
Anna Blinkova -> 1.66
Lesya Tsurenko -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Lesya Tsurenko

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

The last time that they played each other, Blinkova won 6-2 7-5 in the qualifications in Napoca back in 2022.

Anna Blinkova

Ranked no. 75, Anna will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in the Tampico where she lost 6-4 2-6 6-4 to Stakusic in the final on the 26^th of October.

Anna has a composed 23-28 win-loss record in 2024, 13-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W100 Macon where she overcame Ann Li in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(4).

Talking about her overall career, Anna has an overall 298-222 record. She has a positive 111-95 record on hard.

Previously in Merida

Anna has never competed in this tournament before.

Lesya Tsurenko

Ranked no. 122, Lesya will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 5-2 ret. to Linette in the 2^nd round on the 9^th of October.

Lesya has an aggregate 13-20 win-loss record in 2024, 11-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Tsurenko has an overall 449-318 record. She has a positive 217-146 record on hard.

Previously in Merida

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Merida

• Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (5-7 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Jule Niemeier
  Niemeier (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alina KorneevaKorneeva – Alycia ParksParks (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antonia RuzicRuzic – Laura SamsonSamson (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maria Lourdes Carle/Eva VedderLourdes Carle/Eva Vedder – Alicia Herrero Linana/Melany Solange KrywojHerrero Linana/Melany Solange Krywoj (4-6 6-0 13-11) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elsa JacquemotJacquemot – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ann LiLi – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Elizabeth MandlikMandlik (7-6⁹ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Rebecca MarinoMarino (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Anastasia TikhonovaTikhonova (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Omar GiacaloneGiacalone (2-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo FrigerioFrigerio – Michel VernierVernier (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jelle SelsSels – Ivan GakhovGakhov (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Samuel BensoussanBensoussan – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (6-7⁵ 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc – Lucas GomezGomez (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Filippo LeonardiLeonardi (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rafael MatosMatos (6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Mirko CutuliCutuli (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francesco FortiForti – Adelchi VirgiliVirgili (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Simone RoncalliRoncalli (6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Andres Gabriel CiurlettiGabriel Ciurletti (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matias ZukasZukas – Bastian MallaMalla (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Wilson LeiteLeite – Luis PatinoPatino (5-7 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter TorebkoTorebko – Pascal MeisMeis (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Ana Sofia SanchezSofia Sanchez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elsa JacquemotJacquemot – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ann LiLi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction