Wednesday's Contrexeville round of 16 pits Anna Blinkova against Maria Lourdes Carle on clay. Maria Lourdes Carle comes in at 4 wins from the last ten. Anna Blinkova is 3-7 across recent matches.
There is no history here: this is their first tour-level meeting.
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Little separates them; Carle gets the nod on the finest of margins.