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brittak · Satellite level

Weeks 9&10 - WTA1000 - Indian Wells, USA Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: Katie Boulter (GBR) [Q1] WR69 (CH=23 2024) lost to Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) [Q23] WR97 =CH 6-2 5-7 2-6

goldfish · Futures level

How on earth did she lose that? I only watched up to 6-2 4-4 but wasnt at all impressed b.y her opponent.

Andy Parker · Club Coach

Disappointing to see Katie go out here in qualifying, especially as she was the top seed, and so unlucky to have to compete in the qualies and not to make the main draw by right.

The upside though is she seems to be playing better again this year, and maybe she could get a lucky loser spot, if someone pulls out.

I do feel like Katie is going to do better this season - at the end of last season, I started to feel that maybe mentally she wasn't fully focussed, but the change of coach seems to have done her a world of good, and I think there are still some positives to be taken from here - Tomova is a decent player, as was her Andorran opponent, so losing such a close match isn't a total distaster, and I would be a lot more downhearted if she had succumbed easily in straight sets.

indiana · Tennis legend

It was indeed a pity that Katie was ever in qualifying - it always looked a jeopardy she could have done without as against a MD slot and a probably reasonable R1 draw in the 96 women field.

As I said earlier, maybe great prep in retrospect if she came through, but in advance I was never sold on qualifying as the preferable option.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: Emma Raducanu (GBR) [25] WR24 (CH=10) v Bye
R1: Sonay Kartal (GBR) WR54 (CH=44) v Lanana Tararudee (THA) WR124 =CH
R1: Francesca Jones (GBR) WR93 (CH=65) v Kayla Day (USA) WR 187 (CH=84)

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

goldfish wrote:
How on earth did she lose that? I only watched up to 6-2 4-4 but wasnt at all impressed b.y her opponent.

I watched a lot of the game from this point on. The second set could have gone either way, but Katie started making more errors in the important points. After she lost set two, she was missing way too many shots in the third set against a player who was very good at keeping the ball in play, with the result seeming inevitable to everyone (including Katie).

Hopefully, she can nab an LL place and show us her true potential.

Blue_Belle · Pro player

Kounosuke wrote:
goldfish wrote:
How on earth did she lose that? I only watched up to 6-2 4-4 but wasnt at all impressed b.y her opponent.
I watched a lot of the game from this point on. The second set could have gone either way, but Katie started making more errors in the important points. After she lost set two, she was missing way too many shots in the third set against a player who was very good at keeping the ball in play, with the result seeming inevitable to everyone (including Katie).

Hopefully, she can nab an LL place and show us her true potential.

One LL space has already opened up and taken by someone else

Blue_Belle · Pro player

Emma is playing doubles with Ruse.

the addict · Tennis legend

Not very good doubles draws

R32:- Emma Raducanu (GBR) / Elena-Gabriella Ruse (ROU) CR342 (262+80) v Katerina Siniakova (CZE) / Taylor Townsend (USA) CR12 (3+9) [3]

R32:- Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR46 (23+23) v Lludmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Desirea Krawczyk (USA) CR51 (28+33)
Four points outside the seeding, but in the section with the #5 and #4 seeds.
650 points to defend from reaching the final last year, with only 10 point non-counters to fallback on, so dropping 9 places in live rankings immediately.

Var · Futures level

Blue_Belle wrote:
Kounosuke wrote:
goldfish wrote:
How on earth did she lose that? I only watched up to 6-2 4-4 but wasnt at all impressed b.y her opponent.
I watched a lot of the game from this point on. The second set could have gone either way, but Katie started making more errors in the important points. After she lost set two, she was missing way too many shots in the third set against a player who was very good at keeping the ball in play, with the result seeming inevitable to everyone (including Katie).

Hopefully, she can nab an LL place and show us her true potential.
One LL space has already opened up and taken by someone else

Oh well. Who was it on this board that said playing qualies is always a bit of a lottery?

Sheddie · administrator

Maybe me? Not enormously surprised Katie didn't make it through qualies. IW conditions can be tricky, especially against a player who isn't missing much. It gets very blustery on those outside courts, and while the balls flies quickly through the desert air, the surface itself is relatively slow.

Not ideal for a big ball striker like Katie. Anyway hope she gets a LL spot, and Miami might be a happier hunting ground. At least seems in much better shape than last year

Peter too · Tennis legend

Emma plays Anastasia Zakharova WR86 in R2.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Sonay is first on Stadium 7 at 19.00 on Thursday, followed by Fran

Corrected time of start.

-- Edited by Peter too on Thursday 5th of March 2026 01:35:54 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Sonay is first on Stadium 7 at 17.00 on Thursday, followed by Fran.

-- Edited by Peter too on Thursday 5th of March 2026 01:32:44 AM

Liv and Tereza are the fourth and last match on the same court, following another women's singles.