Alina Korneeva stuns Anna Blinkova 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in Merida on Friday in what was an all-Russian match. Korneeva will face Sara Sorribes Tormo in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Highlights Alina Korneeva vs. Anna Blinkova Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alina scored 67 points vs. Anna’s 48.
Korneeva
Alina didn’t lose the focus when converting 89% of the break points that she conquered (8/9).
Blinkova
On the other side, Blinkova was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 45%
– 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.After this match, the head to head between Korneeva and Blinkova is 1-0 for Alina.
Draw and next match H2H: Alina Korneeva vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo – stats
Korneeva will square off with Sorribes Tormo in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Alina Korneeva and Sara Sorribes Tormo face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Korneeva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Korneeva won 4-6 6-3 6-2
in the 1st round in Melbourne back in January 2024.Tennis Scores in Merida
- Alina KorneevaKorneeva – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (7-5 6-2)
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (7-63 6-3)
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (6-4 1-6 6-4)
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-3 6-4)
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Marina StakusicStakusic (6-3 6-3)
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (2-6 6-2 6-1)
- Ann LiLi – Antonia RuzicRuzic (6-2 6-2)
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (w/o)
Upcoming matches
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – (0-0) – H2H details and stats