Jasmine Paolini bests Katie Boulter 6-1 7-6(0) in the quarter in Eastbourne on Thursday. Paolini will face Daria Kasatkina in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Jasmine added to her prize money $ 26,295 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 51,205 up to now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Jasmine will add $ 36,450 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,655.
Highlights Jasmine Paolini vs. Katie Boulter Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:35
At the end of the match, Paolini scored 79 points vs. the Brit’s 60.
Paolini
Paolini served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (35/45) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (11/22) on her second serve. The Italian won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Boulter
On the other side, Katie was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Paolini and Boulter is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Jasmine Paolini vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats
Paolini will play Kasatkina in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Jasmine Paolini and Daria Kasatkina play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Paolini (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Paolini won 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Palermo back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Paolini was too good to concede only 1 game before breaking the Brit 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Katie was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Italian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Boulter wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 57 points. Jasmine was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Boulter (33-24). The Italian surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the court, Boulter conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
The Italian won the set after she broke Boulter in the 5th (3-2) game. The Brit tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Yet, Jasmine didn’t blink to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 0.
Tiebreak
Jasmine won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (3-0), 4th (4-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
Paolini converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Boulter was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 82 points. Paolini was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Brit (46-36). Paolini surrendered 11 points on serve (26-11). on the other side of the court, the Brit conceded 20 points on serve (25-20).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-1 7-60)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-2 6-2)
- Madison KeysKeys – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (w/o)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Harriet DartDart (6-2 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Madison KeysKeys (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (3-1) – H2H details and stats
