
Katie Boulter slips to heartbreaking defeat in Hong Kong Open final to miss out on third title of the year - after British No 1 broke into world top 25 for first time
Daily MailKatie Boulter succumbed to a disappointing straight-sets defeat to top seed Diana Shnaider in the Hong Kong Open final, as a third title of a successful year eluded her. Katie Boulter succumbed to a disappointing straight-sets defeat to top seed Diana Shnaider in the Hong Kong Open final She suffered a heartbreaking 6-1 6-2 loss to Shnaider, in her first loss in a tour final Boulter lost her first service game of the match to quickly fall 2-0 behind and was broken twice more in the opening set Top seed Shnaider, 20, outside the top 100 in January, steamrollered her way to a fourth title of the season, reeling off a catalogue of clean winners against the error-prone Briton. Boulter lost her first service game of the match to quickly fall 2-0 behind and was broken twice more in the opening set, which Shnaider wrapped up in 37 minutes. Top seed Shnaider, 20, outside the top 100 in January, steamrollered her way to a fourth title of the season The British number one showed little of the steely focus on show in her semi-final win against China's Yuan Yue Second seed Boulter made just 59 per cent of her first serves in the opening set, making 10 unforced errors and there was little improvement in the second as Shnaider maintained her dominance.
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