World no. 126 Katie Boulter will meet world no. 420 Emily Appleton in an all-British first round match at the 2023 Nottingham Open on Tuesday, June 13. Get the predictions and odds of this Katie Boulter v Emily Appleton match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Katie Boulter v Emily Appleton Head to Head
Boulter beat Appleton in their only previous meeting. The match took place in an ITF event this year in March, with Boulter coming back from a break down to advance to Round 2 in ITF Croissy-Beaubourg.
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Following a semifinal finish in the ITF Surbiton tournament last week, Katie Boulter enters the Nottingham Open as the British no. 1.
Ranked no. 126, Boulter has replaced Emma Raducanu as the top British player. And the 26-year-old holds the position for the first time in her career.
Boulter will be making her fourth appearance in Nottingham. She was a quarterfinalist in 2018 and 2021 and had made it to the round of 16 last year.
She is 23-10 across levels this year and has reached three ITF finals, winning the title in Canberra and finishing runner-up in Gifu and Fukuoka in Japan.
This will be just her third tour level appearance this year after she was knocked out in the first round in Austin and in Hua Hin. But she has got into a rhythm on grass in Surbiton and will be hoping to get her first tour level win of the season in Nottingham.
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The last time she played against Boulter, Emily Appleton had taken the first set 5-7, but she lost the next to 6-4, 6-4 to go down fighting in the first round of the ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, a hard court tournament.
Now she will aim to pose a similar challenge against Boulter.
Appleton will be making her first main draw appearance on the tour on Tuesday. The 23-year-old rallied from a set down to beat 19-year-old American Katerina Scott 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 in the first qualifying round and then defeated Colombia’s Emiliana Arango 6-1, 6-1 in the second qualifying round on Sunday.
Appleton had received a wild card for the qualifying round and the world no. 420 will be extremely pleased after beating the two players ranked much higher than her.
Can she make an impression on her debut on Tuesday?
Boulter v Appleton Prediction and Tip
Boulter is the experienced player in this contest. She also has a good record in Nottingham and has recently become the British no. 1. She should win this contest in straight sets.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Boulter to win: 1/7
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 19.5 games in the match: 4/5
The 2023 Nottingham Open will be played from June 12 to 18. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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