Katie Boulter dispatches Yue Yuan 6-2 5-7 6-2 in the semifinal in Hong Kong on Saturday. Boulter will face Diana Shnaider in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes.
Boulter added to her prize money $ 9,220 after winning this match. She has already won $ 20,830 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 14,420 to her earnings to get in total $ 35,250 in total.
Highlights Katie Boulter vs. Yue Yuan Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:34
At the end of the match, Boulter scored 105 points vs. Yuan’s 85.
Boulter
Katie won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Yuan
On the other side, Yuan was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Boulter and Yuan is 2-0 for Katie.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Boulter vs. Diana Shnaider – stats
Boulter will play Shnaider in the final.
There is no head to head record between Katie Boulter and Diana Shnaider since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Brit in this set was in much better shape than the Chinese and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Yue in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Boulter won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Brit converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They played 62 points. Katie conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Yue (37-25). Boulter lost 9 points on serve (21-9). On the other side, the Chinese conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
Yue won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Yuan broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Yuan failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The Chinese was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Brit was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 13th game (4-7 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, Yuan won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Boulter (39-40). Yue surrendered 19 points on serve (22-19). on the other side of the court, Boulter conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Boulter started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Yue Yuan in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That was sufficient for the Brit to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
Katie converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 49 points. Katie was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Yue (28-21). Boulter dropped 11 points on serve (20-11). On the other side, Yuan conceded 8 points on serve (10-8).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-2)
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Yue YuanYuan (6-2 5-7 6-2)
