Week 40 - WTA1000 - Beijing, China Hard

wales1994 · Club Coach

Week 40 - WTA1000 - Beijing, China Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie broke for *2-1 second set and then just went totally off the boil. Some really dismal errors. Into a third we go.

6-4 3-6 *0-0

The ballooned forehand off a second serve at 30-30* in the last game of that set was criminal, and she made multiple poor errors at deuce before Frech took her fifth set point.

wales1994 · Club Coach

Match very much on Katies racket imo, shes hit some incredible winners But also many atrocious errors

PaulM · Tennis legend

That period to *5-1 was pretty much perfect tennis.

Major wobble serving for it though. Match goes on.

5-2*

PaulM · Tennis legend

But recovers nicely to win 6-4 3-6 6-2.

A very useful win. When it was good it was very good.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) Q 54 def FRECH, Magdalena (POL) Q 69 6-4 3-6 6-2

R2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) Q 54 (CH=50 2023) v SABALENKA, Aryna ( ) (1) 1
They met at the Australian Open in 2019 with Aryna winning 3 & 4. They also met at Wimbledon in 2021 with Aryna winning 4-6 6-3 6-3.

wales1994 · Club Coach

Great third set to take the match, and her 5th top 100 win this year. Really taking advantage of draws when they pop up - the lucky draw comments i understand, but many in the 50-100 range dont consistently take them.

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done, Katie !

95 ranking points so far. Would be just a further 55 points for taking care of Sabalenka.

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

I have watched Frech on three occasions now and she always seems to be singularly lacking in enterprise.

Boulter a deserved winner based on sets 1 and 3. Less said about set 2 the better.

markymc1983 · Club Coach

Katie looks every inch a top 60 player, very impressive season. Shes had some luck with draws but at the same time has beaten some tough opponents regardless of rankings.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie playing very well here but not making it count. Led 5-3 *30-15 and broken, then missed *8* break points at 5-5* (to be fair she had a play on maybe 3 of those, and only one was a poor forehand error).

5-7 0-0*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Sabalenka holds after 5 deuces (one break point for Katie is well saved), but Katie responds with a hold to 30.

4-4*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie breaks to 30 but can't serve it out. Anything hard into the feet on the backside side from the Sabalenka return she can't cope with.

5-5*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie loses 7-5 7-6(2)

Great effort but she had real chances. Sabalenka was not at her best but was generally very clutch under pressure.

the addict · Tennis legend

Very good effort from Katie. The stats show just how close the match was. But Sabalenka came up with big serves when needed and won the key points.