Katie Boulter routs Kyoka Okamura 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to fight against Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes.
Katie 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, Katie will add $ 26,295 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,205 in total.
Highlights Katie Boulter vs. Kyoka Okamura Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, Katie scored 54 points vs. Kyoka’s 26.
Boulter
Boulter served very well to win 80% of the points (16/20) behind her first serve, and she won 76% points (13/17) on her second serve. Boulter didn’t lose the focus when converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7).
Okamura
On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Boulter and Okamura is 2-0 for Katie.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Boulter vs. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu – stats
Boulter will play Vanessa Andreescu in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Katie Boulter and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Boulter had a strong start of this set after breaking Kyoka Okamura in the 1st game (1-0). Katie improved her lead after breaking Kyoka in the 5th (4-1) 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 30.
The Japanese was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The Brit converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 41 points. The Brit was the one to win the set after conquering 17 more points than the Japanese (29-12). The Brit was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Okamura conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).
Boulter in this set was in much better shape than Kyoka and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Kyoka in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Okamura was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Brit converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Boulter didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. Boulter conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Kyoka (25-14). Boulter was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (13-4). On the other side, Okamura conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (7-5 6-0)
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (6-1 6-2)
- Sofia KeninKenin – Clara TausonTauson (6-78 6-4 7-66)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Mccartney KesslerKessler (3-6 6-3 6-1)
- Sayaka IshiiIshii – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (4-6 6-2 6-3)
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (3-0 ret.)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-0 3-6 7-5)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-2 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Sofia KeninKenin – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
