The Russian beat the Hungarian Panna Udvardi with a score of 6:4, 6:3.

The duration of the match was 1 hour 30 minutes.

Thus, Blinkova qualified for the tournament in Australia.

The tournament in Hobart will be held from 9 to 14 January.

Earlier, the 2016 Olympic champion in doubles, Russian tennis player Elena Vesnina spoke about the defeat of Russian Daniil Medvedev from Novak Djokovic in the semifinal match of the tournament in Adelaide.