Katie had much less the better of the second set and so now they're one set all at 6-3 3-6. In particular Ayla seems to have figured out Katie's second serve as she won only 3/14 in the set, and with only 50% first serves in, Katie was struggling to hold her serve throughout the set, whilst Ayla after an extremely long first game (18 points) was serving much more comfortably thereafter. So Katie needs to up her serving third set, if she wishes to win this...

Katie started this third set poorly again, losing her first two service games to be 1-3 down. Then something seemed to click again with her serve, as she suddenly won her third service game to zero, including 2 second serves. Since then she has appeared revitalised, winning 3 games in a row, even if the score is now still back on serve at 4-3*

And she's won another break... Will serve for the match *5-3

-- Edited by Michael D on Sunday 2nd of April 2017 10:33:33 AM

3 MPs, 2 saved...

Yes, that last service game had everything in it. Confident start, then likely nerves. A period where Katie couldn't buy a first serve. Endless deuces but thankfully not too many BPs... And finally a first serve when she needed it to clinch the match!

Well done Katie, good to come through that... and a 15K title won, 6-3 3-6 6-3

F: Katie BOULTER (GBR) [1] 297 bt Ayla AKSU (TUR) [4] 349 (CH 341, Jul. 2016) 6-3 3-6 6-3

-- Edited by Michael D on Sunday 2nd of April 2017 05:28:51 PM

Mervatron2 wrote:

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Katie wins the title 6-3 3-6 6-3

Good battling win. Is this her first title?

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 No it's her third. She won a 10K at Sharm mid-April last year, and then an even earlier title there in 2014, when she must have been only about 17.