TENNIS SCORES. Steadfast Magda Linette survives Blinkova in the qualifications in New York

Magda Linette outlasts Anna Blinkova 7-6⁶ 7-6⁹ in the qualifications in New York on Sunday after winning a huge battle. Linette will engage against Kaia Kanepi in the 1^st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Linette started the set in the best possible way after breaking Blinkova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that was not enough for Linette to win the set since Blinkova succeeded in breaking back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Magda maintained her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Yet also Anna won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4

2^nd set.

Linette had a racing start in this set after breaking Blinkova in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the Pole to win the set since the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (1-3), in the 6^th (3-3), in the 8^th (4-4), in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Linette maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 9.

Linette failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.

Statistics

Magda won this encounter even if she won less points than Anna (103 vs. 105).

The Pole was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (7/14). On the other side, the Russian was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 39% of her break points (7/18). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Linette and Blinkova is 1-0 for Magda.

Next Match: Magda Linette vs. Kaia Kanepi – stats

Linette will play Kanepi in the 1^st round.

There is no head to head record between Magda Linette and Kaia Kanepi since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in New York

• Anastasia PotapovaAnastasia – Francesca Di LorenzoFrancesca (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteMagda – Anna BlinkovaAnna (7-6⁶ 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Jil TeichmannJil – Laura SiegemundLaura (0-6 7-6⁷ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Fiona FerroFiona – Elizabeth MandlikElizabeth (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Lin ZhuLin – Viktorija GolubicViktorija (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Kaia KanepiKaia – Nadiya KichenokNadiya (6-7³ 6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Fiona FerroFiona – Viktorija GolubicViktorija (1-0) – See H2H details
• Laura SiegemundLaura – Mihaela BuzarnescuMihaela (0-0) – See H2H details
• Coco VandewegheCoco – Anna BlinkovaAnna (0-0) – See H2H details
• Shuai ZhangShuai – Andrea PetkovicAndrea (0-2) – See H2H details
• Camila GiorgiCamila – Margarita GasparyanMargarita (1-1) – See H2H details
• Lin ZhuLin – Yulia PutintsevaYulia (0-0) – See H2H details
• Karolina MuchovaKarolina – Viktoria KuzmovaViktoria (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kristie AhnKristie – Jil TeichmannJil (0-0) – See H2H details
• Magda LinetteMagda – Kaia KanepiKaia (0-0) – See H2H details
• Polona HercogPolona – Aliaksandra SasnovichAliaksandra (1-1) – See H2H details
• Katerina SiniakovaKaterina – Yafan WangYafan (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alison Van UytvanckAlison – Anastasia PotapovaAnastasia (0-0) – See H2H details
• Bernarda PeraBernarda – Barbora StrycovaBarbora (0-1) – See H2H details