Fantastic Anna Blinkova obliterates Starodubtsewa in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Pegula. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Blinkova motors past Starodubtsewa to face Jessica Pegula in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Anna Blinkova vanquishes Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in New York on Sunday after playing an extraordinary match to deal with Jessica Pegula in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Blinkova
New York
Blinkova's Record

Anna added to her prize money $ 44,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 154,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Anna will add $ 83,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 237,000 in total.

Highlights Anna Blinkova vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Blinkova
Starodubtseva
Anna Blinkova
6-3 6-1
1h:28
Yuliia Starodubtseva
65
65
Total points
48
48
22
22
Winners
19
19
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
20
20
Unforced
29
29
41%
41%
Ratio Unforced
59%
59%
8/10
8/10
Net Approaches
5/6
5/6
80%
80%
Perc
83%
83%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
73%
73%
1st in
58%
58%
69%
69%
1st won
48%
48%
22/32
22/32
1st won
19/40
19/40
33%
33%
2nd won
38%
38%
4/12
4/12
2nd won
11/29
11/29
177
177
Fastest serve
168
168
141
141
AVG 1st Serve
141
141
115
115
AVG 2nd Serve
117
117
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
Total
2/2
2/2
67%
67%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Anna scored 65 points vs. Yulia’s 48.

Blinkova

Anna was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (6/9).

Starodubtsewa

On the other side, the Ukrainian was great in converting all her break points (2/2). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Blinkova and Starodubtsewa is 1-0 for Anna.

Draw and next match H2H: Anna Blinkova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Blinkova will square off with Pegula in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Anna Blinkova and Jessica Pegula fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Pegula won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Austin back in February 2025.

Anna Blinkova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Blinkova 6-3
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30

Blinkova had a great start in this set after breaking Yuliia Starodubtseva in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for Anna to win the set since the Ukrainian found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Blinkova kept her cool to break Yulia in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Anna failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

The Russian converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, the Ukrainian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 15-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40).

They played 59 points. Anna conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Starodubtsewa (32-27). The Russian conceded 12 points on serve (10-12). On the losing side, Yulia conceded 22 points on serve (15-22).

2nd Set -
Blinkova 6-1
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
3
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BlinkovaStarodubtseva
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

Blinkova started the set strong after breaking Yuliia Starodubtseva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Russian reinforced her lead after breaking Yulia in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Blinkova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Blinkova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 54 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Yulia (33-21). Blinkova dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Starodubtsewa conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).

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

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