Katie Boulter victorious over Donna Vekic 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in San Diego on Friday. Boulter will engage against Emma Navarro in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes.
Boulter added to her prize money $ 26,295 after winning this match. She has already won $ 51,205 until now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Katie will add $ 36,450 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,655.
Highlights Katie Boulter vs. Donna Vekic San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:36
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 70 points vs. Donna’s 62.
Boulter
Katie was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).
Vekic
On the other side, Donna had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Boulter and Vekic is 1-0 for Katie.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Boulter vs. Emma Navarro – stats
Boulter will take on Navarro in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Katie Boulter and Emma Navarro since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Boulter conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Katie broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
Donna was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Brit converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Vekic converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 87 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Croatian (46-41). The Brit dropped 17 points on serve (24-17). Regarding the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 22 points on serve (24-22).
Boulter had a favorable start in this set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Katie to win the set because Donna found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. Katie kept her focus to break Donna in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Brit was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Vekic was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (2-5 15-40).
They contested 45 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brit won just 3 points more than Vekic (24-21). Boulter surrendered 11 points on serve (14-11). On the losing side, Donna conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Tennis Scores in San Diego
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Daria SavilleSaville (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Donna VekicVekic (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 2-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H details and stats
