Katie Boulter and Samantha Murray will square off in the qualifications of the Astana Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 2 sets.
Katie Boulter -> 1.25
Samantha Murray -> 3.75
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Prediction and head to head Katie Boulter vs. Samantha Murray
This will be the 2nd time that Katie Boulter and Samantha Murray play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Boulter (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Boulter won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in the Manchester back in 2017.
Katie Boulter
Ranked no. 157, Boulter got to the qualifications after defeating Dana Baidaulet 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Katie had a good straight sets win against Baidaulet (6-2 6-1). During the match, Boulter scored 57 points vs Baidaulet’s 31. Katie was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Boulter blasted 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Katie Boulter was exceptionally effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of her 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Katie broke Baidaulet 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Boulter has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of her matches (215-133). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Boulter has an aggregate35-18 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Boulter’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the W60 Charlottesville.
Boulter has an overall 24-11 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Nur-Sultan
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Samantha Murray
Ranked no. 251, the Brit reached the qualifications after defeating Angelina Gabueva 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Gabueva (6-4 6-3). During the match Murray scored 76 points vs Gabueva’s 63. Murray was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Murray was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Samantha Murray lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Murray put 63% of her first serves in, winning 77% (23/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Gabueva 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Murray has a composed 5-11 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Boulter | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 57-31 | 76-63 |
| Total Points | 88 | 139 |
| Winners | 21 | 23 |
| %Winners | 37% | 30% |
Both Boulter and Murray played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Boulter and Murray have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Boulter played 4 games less than Murray. Katie scored 21 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Samantha bagged 23 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Boulter | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 23/36 | 30/48 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 23/30 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/18 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 44% |
Boulter blasted 5 aces . Murray didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Boulter won 91% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Murray won 77% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Boulter | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 63% | 42% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Boulter broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Brit was rock solid on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Samantha broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Murray conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Boulter | |||
| Q1 Baidaulet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-31 | 57-31 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/36 | 23/36 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Murray | |||
| Q1 Gabueva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 76-63 | 76-63 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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