By Ros Satar
- Katie Boulter [3] def. Harriet Dart 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5
- Faces Rebecca Marino [Q]
- Heather Watson [WC] def. Kayla Day 4-6 6-0 6-4
- Faces Karolina Pliskova [6]
NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND – Katie Boulter and Heather Watson will close out the day’s action on Centre Court in the second round of the Rothesay Open.
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Katie Boulter [3] v Rebecca Marino [Q] | H2H & Match Fundamentals
| Katie Boulter [3] v Rebecca Marino [Q] | H2H: Boulter leads 1-0 |
| WTA 250 Nottingham | UK |
| Grass | Prize Money: $4,040 |
| Third on Centre Court, not before 2:30pm BST | Across BBC iPlayer & Red Button |
Tale of the Tape – Key Stats (2024)
| H2H: | Katie Boulter (WR 30) | Rebecca Marino (WR 157) |
| Tournament Previous Best | Title (2023) | R16 (2022) |
| 1st Serve Return Points Won % | 35.8 | 34.4 |
| Return Points Won % | 43.4 | 40.7 |
| Break Point Conversion % | 41.8 | 40.0 |
| Break Points Saved % | 55.2 | 61.2 |
| Overall Service Points Won % | 59.7 | 58.7 |
Playing Styles & Prediction
Katie Boulter won a hard fought first-round match, perhaps aided and abetted by Harriet Dart having enough of a meltdown to the chair umpire as to earn a stiff rebuke. It is still a period of adjustment for Boulter, who will enjoy being seeded on arguable her best surface, as she faces Canada’s Rebecca Marino.
She edges Marino in all but break points saved in the stats but should have more than enough fire-power for the qualifier.
Prediction: Boulter in straight sets.
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Heather Watson [WC] v Karolina Pliskova [6] | H2H & Match Fundamentals
| Heather Watson [WC] v Karolina Pliskova [6] | H2H: Watson leads 1-0 (ITF) |
| WTA 250 Nottingham | UK |
| Grass | Prize Money: $4,040 |
| Fourth on Centre Court, not before 4pm BST | Across BBC iPlayer & Red Button |
Tale of the Tape – Key Stats (2024)
| H2H: | Heather Watson (WR 158) | Karolina Pliskova (WR 50_ |
| Tournament Previous Best | SF (2023) | Title (2016) |
| 1st Serve Return Points Won % | 32.8 | 35.6 |
| Return Points Won % | 40.8 | 41.9 |
| Break Point Conversion % | 48.8 | 43.3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 65.9 | 64.7 |
| Overall Service Points Won % | 57.8 | 59.2 |
Playing Styles & Prediction
Heather Watson made life extremely hard for herself in her first round but made good eventually in a day beset by rain delays. Last year’s semi-finalist has had to rely on a wildcard but comes alive in the grass court season and will hope that the crowd will bring her up s she faces a former world no. 1 who is no slouch on grass.
Karolina Pliskova has also struggled this year. She started well enough with a title in Cluj-Napoca and the semi-final in Doha, the European swing was not fruitful, but the Czech has won three titles on the green stuff, so on this year’s stats she starts the favourite on paper.
Prediction: Pliskova in three sets.
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