Boulter gets the better of Lao in the 1st round – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Boulter hustles Lao to face Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Katie Boulter vs. Danielle Lao

Katie Boulter overcomes Danielle Lao 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in London on Monday. Boulter will play against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. This run will match her best result in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Boulter
London
Boulter's Record

The Brit added to her prize money £ 27,000 after conquering this match. She has won already £ 75,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Katie will add £ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 115,000 in total.

Boulter was happy about the result. She commented:

“I’ve always liked playing on grass. Four years ago, I would say that it was my favourite surface. But after my results on hard courts I couldn’t say anything else other than hard courts, and I still like playing on hard courts more.”

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Boulter
Lao
Katie Boulter
6-76 6-3 6-4
2h:28
Danielle Lao
107
107
Total points
85
85
42
42
Winners
41
41
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
29
29
Unforced
31
31
48%
48%
Ratio Unforced
52%
52%
12/25
12/25
Net Approaches
16/26
16/26
48%
48%
Perc
62%
62%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
59%
59%
1st in
73%
73%
78%
78%
1st won
55%
55%
42/54
42/54
1st won
41/74
41/74
57%
57%
2nd won
59%
59%
21/37
21/37
2nd won
16/27
16/27
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
2/3
2/3
44%
44%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Katie scored 107 points vs. Danielle’s 85.

Boulter

Katie served very well to win 78% of the points (42/54) behind her first serve, and she won 57% points (21/37) on her second serve. Katie won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Lao

On the other side, Lao was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Boulter and Lao is 1-0 for Katie.

Draw and next match H2H: Katie Boulter vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Boulter will compete against Sabalenka in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Katie Boulter and Aryna Sabalenka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in 2019.

Katie Boulter Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Lao won the set after she broke Boulter in the 6th (4-2) game. Katie tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, the American didn’t lose the lead to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

The American won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Katie won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

The American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Katie was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40).

They played 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if she scored less points 3 than Boulter (40-43). Lao conceded 18 points on serve (30-18). on the other side of the net, Katie conceded 10 points on serve (25-10).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Brit snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

The Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They contested 50 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the American (30-20). Boulter surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Danielle conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).

Katie conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Brit broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.

Boulter converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Danielle was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They played 59 points. Katie was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Lao (34-25). Katie surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). On the other side, Lao conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).

 

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