Mccartney Kessler clobbers Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round. The match lasted exactly 1 hour. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Indian Wells
Kessler's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kessler
Blinkova
6-1 6-2
1h:00
57
57
Total points
31
31
18
18
Winners
8
8
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
26%
26%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
55%
55%
1st in
55%
55%
75%
75%
1st won
33%
33%
18/24
18/24
1st won
8/24
8/24
55%
55%
2nd won
40%
40%
11/20
11/20
2nd won
8/20
8/20
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
Total
1/3
1/3
67%
67%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Mccartney scored 57 points vs. Anna’s 31.

Kessler

The American served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (18/24) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (11/20) on her second serve. Kessler was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (6/9).

Blinkova

On the other side, Anna 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 encounter, the head to head between Kessler and Blinkova is 1-0 for Mccartney.

Draw and next match H2H: Mccartney Kessler vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Kessler will play Sabalenka in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Mccartney Kessler and Aryna Sabalenka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Kessler conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Blinkova in the 1st game (1-0). The American reinforced her lead after breaking Blinkova in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Kessler failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.

The Russian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.

Mccartney converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (0-6 40-A).

They played 49 points. Mccartney won 11 points more than Anna (30-19). Kessler conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).

2nd Set -
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The American in this set was too strong for Blinkova and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Kessler was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Anna was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 39 points. Mccartney was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Anna (27-12). The American lost 5 points on serve (13-5). On the other side, Blinkova conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

1st
Kessler
Blinkova
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Kessler
Blinkova
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1

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