Katie Boulter vs Jasmine Paolini Prediction: Be careful of Katie Boulter

British tennis star Katie Boulter is set to play in the quarter final of the WTA Eastbourne and she plays against Italian superstar Jasmine Paolini. Katie Boulter and Jasmine Paolini are meeting each for the 4th time in their careers.

Katie Boulter defeated Jelena Ostapenko in the round of 16 stage and Jasmine Paolini was awarded an automatic qualification against Elise Mertens.

Number 32 Katie Boulter is in the quarter final and she fancies her chances of progressing even further when she takes on Jasmine Paolini. Katie defeated Paolini back in January at the WTA Linz Austria.

After crashing out in the round of 32 at the WTA London a week ago, she started off this tournament in the round of 32 stage against Petra Martic and she won in straight sets by 6-1,7-6. Then she progressed into the round of 16 stage, where she faced Jelena Ostapenko. Katie Boulter also defeated Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets by 4-6, 5-7.

In the game against Jelena Ostapenko she had the following stats: - 11 aces, 6 double faults, 61/85 first serve, 8/11 break points saved, 8 service games won, 25/41 second serve return points and 5 break points converted.

Jasmine Paolini comes into this game with a huge reputation and she is expected to put her quality to good use against Katie Boulter. She’s beaten Katie twice in the past, but she lost the most recent encounter back in January, which makes this clash very important.

Jasmine Paolini’s last tournament was at the Roland Garros Final, which she lost to Iga Swiatek. She returned to the court in the WTA Eastbourne against Elise Mertens in the round of 16. Unfortunately the game ended early as Elise Mertens called for an early retirement. Jasmine now advanced into the quarter final to take on Katie Boulter.

According to the h2h, Jasmine Paolini leads Katie Boulter 2:1.

Jasmine Paolini is obviously the bigger player by profile and ranking. But Katie Boulter’s current form can not be overlooked. Jasmine Paolini lost to Katie in straight sets back in January and we hope she learned a thing or two from that clash or else she would be heading into another defeat here. It is also interesting that all the games played between these two players have all ended in straight sets.

Our Main Pick is: Over 20.5 Games

• Over 20.5 Games at 1.62 Odds
• Jasmine Paolini (+3.5) Handicap at 1.73 Odds
• First Set Over 9.5 Games at 1.90 Odds