Anna Blinkova trashes Tatjana Maria 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Austin on Wednesday after playing a good match to clash against Jessica Pegula in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Blinkova 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 Russian will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.
Highlights Anna Blinkova vs. Tatjana Maria ATX Open – Austin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:07
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 60 points vs. Maria’s 36.
Blinkova
Anna served very well to win 83% of the points (20/24) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (11/21) on her second serve. Blinkova didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).
Maria
On the other side, the German was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Blinkova and Maria is 3-1 for Anna.
Draw and next match H2H: Anna Blinkova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Blinkova will fight against Pegula in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Anna Blinkova and Jessica Pegula play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Blinkova won 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Blinkova had a racing start in this set after breaking Tatjana Maria in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Anna to win the set because Tatjana found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Russian kept her focus to break the German in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Maria was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Blinkova converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40). On the other side, Tatjana was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40).
They played 48 points. The Russian won 16 points more than the German (32-16). The Russian dropped 5 points on serve (12-5). On the losing side, Maria conceded 20 points on serve (11-20).
Blinkova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Tatjana Maria in the 2nd game (2-0). That was decisive for Anna to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.
Anna converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Tatjana was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Anna was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Maria (28-20). Anna dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the court, the German conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
Tennis Scores in Austin
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (6-1 6-3)
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (4-6 6-3 6-0)
- Ena ShibaharaShibahara – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-3 4-6 6-4)
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-2 6-2)
Upcoming matches
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- Ena ShibaharaShibahara – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
