Katie Boulter hustles Marta Kostyuk 5-7 6-2 6-2 in the final in San Diego on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career. Alex De Minaur who have just conquer the title in Acapulco got a very early flight from Mexico to go and support his girlfriend in San Diego.
Katie added $ 54,345 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 142,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Katie Boulter vs. Marta Kostyuk San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:13
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 97 points vs. Kostyuk’s 83.
Boulter
The Brit was effective at converting 64% of the break points that she conquered (7/11).
Kostyuk
On the other side, Kostyuk was battling in converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Boulter and Kostyuk is 1-0 for Katie.
This was the 2nd career title for Boulter. (see list of titles and finals). Kostyuk remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Austin 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Katie was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 53 points vs. ‘s 34 points.
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Marta won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game, The Ukrainian broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Kostyuk failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
Certainly, a key moment was when Marta won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Kostyuk was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (5-2 30-40), the 10th (5-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Brit was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 93 points. The Ukrainian conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Brit (51-42). Kostyuk conceded 16 points on serve (24-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Boulter conceded 27 points on serve (26-27).
Boulter was too good for Marta and without too much struggle she won 6-2. Marta broke the Brit 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Katie broke her opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to win the set (6-2).
Katie converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Kostyuk was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 45 points. Boulter conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Kostyuk (28-17). Katie surrendered 8 points on serve (14-8). On the losing side, the Ukrainian conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Boulter in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay the Ukrainian and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Marta in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Katie was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. The Brit was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Kostyuk (27-15). Boulter lost 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Kostyuk conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
Katie Boulter in San Diego |
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