Ella Seidel upsets Anna Blinkova 6-2 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Cluj on Thursday. Seidel is going to play against Anastasia Potapova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Seidel added to her prize money $ 2,655 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,815 after this win. If she wins the next match, the German will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.
Highlights Ella Seidel vs. Anna Blinkova Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:39
At the end of the match, Seidel scored 71 points vs. Blinkova’s 62.
Seidel
Seidel was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).
Blinkova
On the other side, Anna was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Seidel and Blinkova is 1-0 for Ella.
Draw and next match H2H: Ella Seidel vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats
Seidel will square off with Potapova in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Ella Seidel and Anastasia Potapova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Seidel was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Blinkova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, that was not enough for the German to win the set because Anna managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) game.
Seidel 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 the German won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Seidel was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40). On the other side, Blinkova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (0-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 58 points. Seidel was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Russian (32-26). Ella dropped 11 points on serve (15-11). On the losing side, Blinkova conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Ella won the set after she broke Anna in the 11th (6-5) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12th (6-6) game. Yet, Ella managed to stay calm and finish the job to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.
The German failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Seidel won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Blinkova won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Seidel converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Ella saved 1 set point when she was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Anna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They played 75 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the German won just 3 points more than Blinkova (39-36). Seidel conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). On the other side, Blinkova conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Tennis Scores in Cluj
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-3 6-0)
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-2 7-61)
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (2-6 6-1 6-4)
- Ella SeidelSeidel – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-2 7-65)
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-4 7-5)
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Suzan LamensLamens (1-6 6-4 6-4)
- Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (7-5 7-5)
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Marina StakusicStakusic (6-3 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
