Lulu Sun and Anna Blinkova will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rothesay International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Blinkova who should win in 3 sets.
Anna Blinkova -> 1.55
Lulu Sun -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Lulu Sun vs. Anna Blinkova
This will be the 2nd time that Lulu Sun and Anna Blinkova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sun (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sun won 6-4 7-6(6)
in the 2nd round in Seoul back in 2022.Lulu Sun
12 - 17win/loss
90
39
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-26 | 27-16 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-21 | 17-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-20 | 23-10 | 4-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-24 | 16-12 | 7-6 | 1-1 | 6-4 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 27-13 | 19-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 46, LuluAnke reached the 2nd round after defeating Daria Kasatkina 7-5 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Sun defeated Kasatkina (7-5 2-6 6-3).During the match, Sun scored less points (1) than Kasatkina. In fact, the world no. 46 won 93 points vs Kasatkina’s. That means that Sun was more focused during the important points. The Kiwi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sun managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Lulu Sun lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sun put 60% of her first serves in, winning 63% (35/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. LuluAnke broke Kasatkina 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Sun has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (247-146). 2-2 on grass in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Sun has a composed 21-12 match record in the last years on grass.
LuluAnke has an aggregate 12-17 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
The Kiwi has never competed in this tournament before.
Anna Blinkova
20 - 16win/loss
62
34
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-27 | 15-15 | 7-6 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-30 | 14-15 | 2-8 | 7-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, Blinkova reached the 2nd round after defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Anna defeated Bouzkova (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match Blinkova scored 85 points vs Bouzkova’s 81. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Blinkova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 8 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 68% of her first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. Blinkova broke Bouzkova 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
The Russian has a composed 20-16 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sun | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 27 |
| Pts | 93-94 | 85-81 |
| Total Points | 187 | 166 |
| Winners | 35 | 39 |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% |
Both Sun and Blinkova played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Lulu Sun lost 1 set, while Anna Blinkova surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sun and Blinkova have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sun played 2 games more than Blinkova. LuluAnke scored 35 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Anna made 39 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sun | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 56/94 | 60/88 |
| %1st in | 60% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | 39/60 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 11/28 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 39% |
Sun bagged 4 aces . Blinkova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sun won 63% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Blinkova won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sun | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 63% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 29% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
The Kiwi broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Kiwi lost her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded. Anna broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Anna conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sun | |||
| R1 Kasatkina | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 93-94 | 93-94 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/94 | 56/94 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 17/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Blinkova | |||
| R1 Bouzkova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 85-81 | 85-81 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 60/88 | 60/88 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 39/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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- Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Matias ZukasZukas (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michal DembekDembek – Louis TessaTessa (6-4 4-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Mirko MartinezMartinez (3-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maxime HamouHamou – Nicolas BianchiBianchi (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Daniel BatistaBatista (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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