Katie Boulter overcomes Aoi Ito 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Boulter will face off with Xiyu Wang in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.
Boulter added to her prize money $ 1,150 after winning this match. She has already won $ 4,040 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 2,568 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,608 in total.
Highlights Katie Boulter vs. Aoi Ito Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Boulter scored 79 points vs. the Japanese’s 66.
Boulter
Boulter served pretty well to win 81% of the points (34/42) behind her first serve. However she won only 48% points (12/25) on her second serve. The Brit won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Ito
On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Boulter and Ito is 1-0 for Katie.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Boulter vs. Xiyu Wang – stats
Boulter will fight against Wang in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Katie Boulter and Xiyu Wang since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Boulter grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
The Japanese was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Boulter converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Aoi wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They contested 75 points. Katie was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Ito (43-32). Katie dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). On the other side, Ito conceded 22 points on serve (25-22).
Boulter started the set strong after breaking Aoi Ito in the 2nd game (2-0). Boulter reinforced her lead after breaking the Japanese before winning the set (6-4).
Boulter wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 70 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Boulter won just 2 points more than the Japanese (36-34). Katie dropped 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the court, Aoi conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
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Upcoming matches
- Suzan LamensLamens – Cristina BucsaBucsa (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yue YuanYuan – Nao HibinoHibino (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Sofia KeninKenin – Jessika PonchetPonchet (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Xiyu WangWang – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H details and stats