
Clara Tauson overcomes Anna Blinkova 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Linz on Friday. Tauson will seek to keep on going in this event against Dayana Yastremska in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Clara added to her prize money € 26,355 after conquering this match. She has already won € 51,305 till now in this competition. If she wins the next match, the Dane will add € 36,520 to her earnings to get in total € 87,825.
Highlights Clara Tauson vs. Anna Blinkova Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tauson scored 78 points vs. Anna’s 66.
Tauson
Clara served pretty well to win 76% of the points (25/33) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (16/30) on her second serve. The Dane won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 21% (3/14) of the procured opportunities.
Blinkova
On the other side, Blinkova was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tauson and Blinkova is 2-1 for Clara.
Draw and next match H2H: Clara Tauson vs. Dayana Yastremska – stats
Tauson will face Yastremska in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Clara Tauson and Dayana Yastremska face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Yastremska (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Yastremska won 7-5 5-7 6-2 in the qualifications in Dubai back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The Dane won the set after she broke Anna in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Anna tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, the Dane kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
Tauson failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
The Dane converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40).
They played 91 points. Clara was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Anna (48-43). Clara lost 17 points on serve (24-17). On the other side, Anna conceded 24 points on serve (26-24).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Clara clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Tauson converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tauson didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Clara was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Anna (30-23). Clara conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, Anna conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-5 6-0)
- Clara TausonTauson – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Petra MarticMartic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Clara TausonTauson (1-0) – H2H details and stats