Thursday's Barranquilla round of 16 pits Anna Blinkova against Nadia Podoroska on hard. Nadia Podoroska has won 3 of the last 10. Anna Blinkova has won 4 of the last 10.
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Blinkova comes in off a compressed schedule; Podoroska comes in off a compressed schedule. Little separates them; Podoroska gets the nod on the finest of margins.