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WTA Sao Paolo Blinkova 1.91 v Lee Due to start at 4:30 Confidence rating 7/10
1st meeting. Hard win %’s favour Lee.
Blinkova reached a CH final last week. 2nd round in Cincinnati 2026. 2 more WTA 2nd rounds in 2026. Title in Jiujiang 2025.
Lee reached a CH q final last week. CH title in Aug.
12 month WTA and CH stats favour Lee on serve. Chance of 3 sets. Lay Blinkova around 1.55 and remove liability at 2.00.
Match prediction: Lee in 3 sets.
Update: Lee served first and was broken to 15. Blinkova’s price only dropped to 1.60. I waited for a better price. 1-0
Blinkova held to 30. I placed a small lay on her at 1.46. 2-0
Lee went 15-40 behind. I added to the lay at 1.33. She saved 1 of the break points but was broken. 3-0
Blinkova was taken to 30-30 but held. I hedged for a loss at 1.25. I needed to see some improvement from Lee if I was going to get involved in the second set. 4-0
The next 2 games were holds. 4-1 5-1
Lee was broken for a third set to give the set to Blinkova. 6-1
Stats for the set were obviously better for Blinkova. Lee didn’t look interested. She had a low first serve percentage and only won 9 points on serve. She did not have a break point on Blinkova’s serve.
My reason for favouring Lee was that she had better serve stats in the last year.
6-1 stats will often turn around in the second set but I was not eager to enter again. I watched the start of the second set and hoped to get a lay if Blinkova went a set and a break ahead.
Blinkova served first and held to 15. She then broke Lee to 0. I laid Blinkova at 1.05. 2-0
The next 2 games were holds to 15. 3-0 3-1
Blinkova was broken to 15. I hedged at 1.13. This almost removed my red. I left the match alone after that. 3-2
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