Katie Boulter sends Ostapenko into the second round clash against Paolini at the Rothesay International. HIGHLIGHTS – EASTBOURNE RESULTS – Tennis Tonic

ROTHESAY INTERNATIONAL – EASTBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Boulter overcomes Ostapenko to fight Jasmine Paolini in the quarter

Katie Boulter beats Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 7-5 in the 2^NL round at Eastbourne on Wednesday. Boulter will fight Jasmine Paolini this 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 reach 3^rd round in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

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Boulter’s record

The Brit added $11,320 to her prize money after winning this competition. She has already won $24,910 after this win. If she wins the next competition, the Brit will add $26,295 to her earnings for a total of $51,205.

Highlights Katie Boulter vs Jelena Ostapenko Rothesay International – Eastbourne

Statistics: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match the Briton scored 96 points versus Jelena’s 87.

Boulter

Katie hit 11 aces and made 6 double faults. The Brit won this match, even though she had trouble converting her break points, as she only converted 28% (5/18) of the opportunities acquired.

Ostapenko

On the other hand, Ostapenko was not as effective in converting her break points (alone 27% – 3/11). That was one of the main reasons for her death.

After this match, the head-to-head matchup between Boulter and Ostapenko is 1-0 for Katie.

Draw and next match H2H: Katie Boulter vs. Jasmine Paolini – statistics

Boulter will face Paolini this quarter.

This will be the 4^e time that Katie Boulter and Jasmine Paolini play against each other. The head-to-head score is 2-1 for Boulter (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time they met, Boulter won 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in Linz in January 2024.

Live score progress and statistics

The British won the set after breaking the Latvian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^e (4-1) game. Jelena tried to stage a comeback by breaking in the 8^e (5-3) game. Regardless, the Brit remained solid to take the set 6-4.

A decisive moment in this set was when the Briton won 5 games in a row in the 1^st set to change the number of games from 0-1 Unpleasant 5-1.

Katie converted 25% of her breakpoints (2/8). She had 8

breakpoint opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^e (3-1 15-40), the 9^e (5-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^e game (6-3 40A). Moreover, on the other side, Jelena converted 25% of her breakpoints (1/4). She had her chances in the 4^e (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8^e game (2-5 40A).

They played 90 points. The Briton achieved 8 points more than Ostapenko (49-41). Katie scored 15 points on her serve (22-15). on the other side of the court the Latvian conceded 27 points on serve (26-27

Katie won the set after breaking Jelena in the 5^e (3-2) and in the 11^e (6-5) game. Ostapenko tried to make a comeback in the 6^e (3-3) game. Despite this, Katie kept her focus on winning the set 7-5.

The Briton converted 22% of her breakpoints (2/9). She had 9 breakpoint possibilities in the 5^e (2-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^e game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Jelena converted 14% of her breakpoints (1/7). She had her chances in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 6^e (2-3 15-40) and the 8^e game (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40A, 40A and 40A).

They contested 91 points. This set was a huge battle as Katie eventually won just 1 point more than the Latvian (46-45). Boulter lost 22 points on serve (26-22). As for the other side of the net, the Latvian conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).