By Ros Satar
- Katie Boulter [Q] v Rebecca Marino [WC]
- H2H: First Meeting
MONTREAL, CANADA – Katie Boulter battled into the main draw and will face Canadian wildcard Rebecca Marino in her opener.
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Katie Boulter [Q] v Rebecca Marino [WC] | H2H: First Meeting
Off the back of arguably her most successful grass court season, which saw her win her maiden WTA title, Katie Boulter will be up against home-crowd favourite Rebecca Marino.
Katie Boulter [Q] v Rebecca Marino [WC] | H2H: First Meeting |
WTA Montreal | Canada |
Hard | Prize Money: $12,848 |
Last on Centre Court, not before 8:30pm (1:30am Tuesday BST) | Amazon Prime Video <– Sign up for trial |
Tale of the Tape – Key Stats (Hard 2023)
H2H: | Katie Boulter (WR 76) | Rebecca Marino (WR 90) |
Tournament Previous Best | R1 (2018) | R16 (2021) |
1st Serve Return Points Won % | 42.4 | 35.2 |
Return Points Won % | 47.8 | 40.8 |
Break Point Conversion % | 50.5 | 37.0 |
Break Points Saved % | 50.0 | 53.3 |
Total Points Won % | 53.8 | 50.5 |
While there is not much to separate them in the rankings, Boulter leads in all but one stat when it comes to saving break points but will look to be sharper on returns to make the difference.
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Preview & Prediction
Boulter has been happy to play on the big stages, and against a home-crowd favourite to close the first day of man draw proceedings, it won’t come much bigger than this. Marino has had a decent record here in the past, and while she has slipped down the rankings, and her best result this season was the quarter-final in Birmingham.
Boulter has had a tougher battle this time around to reach the main draw than on her debut five years ago and is arguably a very different player this time around. Both have capable serves, and back it up with solid forehands, so expect a match where the cvers of the ball get beaten off.
Prediction: Boulter in three sets.
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