Katie Boulter rolls past Priscilla Hon 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Tuesday after playing a fantastic match to fight against Kyoka Okamura in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes.
Boulter added to her prize money $ 3,770 after winning this match. She has already won $ 13,590 after this win. If she wins the next match, Katie will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.
Highlights Katie Boulter vs. Priscilla Hon Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 59 points vs. Hon’s 42.
Boulter
Katie was absolutely great in converting all the break points (5/5).
Hon
On the other side, Priscilla was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Boulter and Hon is 1-3 for Priscilla.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Boulter vs. Kyoka Okamura – stats
Boulter will take on Okamura in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Katie Boulter and Kyoka Okamura clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Boulter (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Boulter won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in W25 Canberra back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Boulter had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Priscilla Hon in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Boulter managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Australian in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Katie failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
A crucial moment of this set was when the Brit won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Boulter was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. The Brit was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Priscilla (32-18). Boulter conceded 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the court, Priscilla conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).
Boulter won the set after she broke Hon in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Priscilla tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. However, the Brit didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.
The Brit failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.
Boulter was flawless in converting all her break points in the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Australian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They played 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Boulter won just 3 more points than Priscilla (27-24). Katie lost 11 points on serve (17-11). On the other side, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (7-64 6-3)
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Priscilla HonHon (6-1 6-4)
- Sofia KeninKenin – Xinyu WangWang (6-1 6-4)
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-3 6-3)
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Mika StojsavljevicStojsavljevic (6-4 6-77 7-66)
- Sayaka IshiiIshii – Sara SaitoSaito (6-1 6-1)
- Clara TausonTauson – Nao HibinoHibino (6-2 6-3)
- Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-63 6-3)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-7 6-2 5-2 ret.)
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Mai HontamaHontama (6-1 7-64)
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi (7-5 6-3)
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-6 6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Sofia KeninKenin – Clara TausonTauson (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-0) – H2H details and stats