Anna Blinkova grounds Ann Li 6-1 6-2 in the 1^st round in Indian Wells on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to play Veronika Kudermetova in the 2^nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

The Russian added to her prize money $ 12,225 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 30,885 after this win. If she wins the next match, Blinkova will add $ 24,885 to her earnings to get in total $ 55,770 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 58 points vs. Ann’s 37.

Blinkova

Blinkova didn’t lose the concentration in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).

Li

On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Blinkova and Li is 2-0 for Anna.

Draw and next match H2H: Anna Blinkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats

Blinkova will take on Kudermetova in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 4^th time that Anna Blinkova and Veronika Kudermetova square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kudermetova won 5-7 5-2 ret. in the 2^nd round in Hertogenbosch back in 2022.

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Live score progression and stats

The Russian was too strong to concede just 1 game before breaking Ann 3 times and win the set 6-1.

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

The American was dominated in the last 7 games of the set when the score went from 0-1 to 6-1.

The Russian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40), the 5^th (3-1 40-A) and the 7^th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Ann was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 8^th game (0-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 52 points. Blinkova was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than the American (33-19). Blinkova lost 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Li conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).

Anna in this set didn’t concede much to the American and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

The American was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Anna was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6^th (3-2 15-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Ann (25-18). The Russian conceded 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Ann conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

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