Incredible and very long day at Nottingham for the WTA 250 on grass which has been very difficult these days due to the rain. A delay that was made up for today too, with the second semi-final between Pliskova and Parry to start and the first between Boulter and Raducanu to conclude after the first set.
She was the champion in the end Katie Boulter, who celebrated on the same day as his partner Alex de Minaur. The British player had lost the first set of the derby yesterday against Emma Raducanu in the tiebreak (15-13), but today she found the strength to react and win the second and third sets with a score of 6-3 6-4 to reach the the final. In the second set the difference was made by the break in the seventh game and in the ninth game, while the serve in the decisive set was not a factor: the number 30 in the world went ahead 4-2, then 5-3 and recovered, but found the strength to break again in the tenth game. More than three and a quarter hours of matches in two incredible days.
In the final he challenged Karolina Pliskova who in the morning defeated the French Diane Parry with a score of 6-7(9), 6-1, 6-4 in almost two and a half hours of play. A nice reaction from the former world number 1 who was unable to close the first set at 5-4 and serve and in the third set she managed to recover from 0-2 with great stubbornness.
A final that ultimately went to Boulter, winner in Nottingham for the second consecutive year. The home player prevailed over Pliskova with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in almost two hours of play. The British player changed pace in the final two sets, losing serve only once and winning almost all the points as soon as she placed the first serve. The physical and physical difference between the two matches played today emerged.
