Katie Boulter beats Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Eastbourne on Wednesday. Boulter will fight against Jasmine Paolini in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Brit added to her prize money $ 11,320 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 24,910 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 26,295 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,205 in total.
Highlights Katie Boulter vs. Jelena Ostapenko Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 96 points vs. Jelena’s 87.
Boulter
Katie struck 11 aces and she committed 6 double faults. The Brit won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 28% (5/18) of the procured opportunities.
Ostapenko
On the other side, Ostapenko was not so effective in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Boulter and Ostapenko is 1-0 for Katie.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Boulter vs. Jasmine Paolini – stats
Boulter will face Paolini in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Katie Boulter and Jasmine Paolini play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Boulter (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Boulter won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Linz back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The Brit won the set after she broke the Latvian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Jelena tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, the Brit stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.
A defining moment of this set was when the Brit won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
Katie converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40), the 9th (5-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Jelena converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They played 90 points. The Brit won 8 points more than Ostapenko (49-41). Katie dropped 15 points on serve (22-15). on the other side of the court, the Latvian conceded 27 points on serve (26-27).
Katie won the set after she broke Jelena in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Ostapenko tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Katie maintained the focus to win the set 7-5.
The Brit converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Jelena converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 91 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Katie won just 1 point more than the Latvian (46-45). Boulter lost 22 points on serve (26-22). Regarding the other side of the net, the Latvian conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
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- Harriet DartDart – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-73 6-0)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elise MertensMertens (5-2 ret.)
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Jessica PegulaPegula (4-6 7-66 7-5)
- Madison KeysKeys – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (7-65 6-1)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-2 6-1)
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-4 7-5)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-1)
Upcoming matches
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- Madison KeysKeys – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-1) – H2H details and stats
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