Anna Blinkova def. Mananchaya Sawangkaew 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 — Cincinnati Open 2026 R128

Match recap

Anna Blinkova defeated Mananchaya Sawangkaew 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the R128 of the Cincinnati Open 2026.

Volume, not accuracy, carried the return game. Sawangkaew converted 4 of 9 break points to Blinkova's 4 of 14, but the WTA No. 108 kept manufacturing chances anyway — 11 in the third set alone, two of them cashed, including the break in game 7 for 4-3. Blinkova's serve turned it. After winning half her first-serve points in the opening set, she took 71% in the second and broke in game 1 for 1-0. Sawangkaew won 79 of the 155 points and saved a match point, and still lost inside 1 hour 45 minutes; the winner leaves with her first win since a Wimbledon opener in late June, and just her third on hard all season.

Match stats

Mananchaya Sawangkaew: 4 aces, 100% first serves, 4 double faults, 4/9 break points. Anna Blinkova: 4 aces, 67% first serves, 5 double faults, 5/14 break points.

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Head-to-head

This is the first meeting between Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Anna Blinkova.