In the 1/16 finals of the WTA-250 tournament in Monastir, Russian tennis player Anna Blinkova will play against Sarah Sorribes-Tormo from Spain.
Anna Blinkova
The 25-year-old Russian tennis player continues to show rather unstable tennis and has already lost eight matches in a row. The last time Blinkova played was at the US Open. At the Grand Slam tournament in New York, Blinkova failed and already in the 1/64 finals suffered a crushing defeat from Emma Navarro from the USA – 1:6; 1:6. This game was on the night of August 27.
Also at the US Open, Anna Blinkova played unsuccessfully in doubles. Anna already in the 1/32 finals, along with her compatriot Ekaterina Alexandrova, lost in two sets to Carmen Corley and Ivana Corley from the USA – 1:6; 3:6. This game was on August 29.
At the moment, Anna Blinkova is ranked 81st in the WTA rankings.
Sarah Sorribes-Tormo
The 27-year-old representative of Spain, in turn, also came to Tunisia from the US Open. At the Grand Slam tournament in New York, Sorribes-Tormo played unsuccessfully and reached only the 1/32 finals, where she suffered a crushing defeat from Beatrice Haddad-Maya from Brazil – 2:6; 1:6. This game was on August 29.
Also at the US Open, Sarah Sorribes-Tormo played doubles. Sarah, along with Maria Buzkova from the Czech Republic, reached the 1/8 finals, where she lost in two sets to Nicole Melichar-Martinez from the USA and Ellen Perez from Australia – 2:6; 4:6. This game was on the second of September.
At the moment, Sarah Sorribes-Tormo is ranked 115th in the WTA rankings.
Sarah Sorribes-Tormo and Anna Blinkova have played three times since 2019, and the Russian tennis player has won twice in this confrontation. The last time Anna and Sarah played each other was on October 13, 2023, in the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Hong Kong. Then Blinkova was stronger on the hard court in two sets – 7:6 (7:3); 6:3.
Forecast
In this match, Sarah Sorribes-Tormo is considered a clear favorite by the bookmakers. Nevertheless, considering that this will be an important match for Blinkova, there may well be a stubborn struggle here.