Boulter loses to Kenin in Pan Pacific semi-finals

British fig 1 Katie Boulter missed retired connected a spot successful the Pan Pacific Open last aft a straight-set decision by American wildcard Sofia Kenin successful Saturday's semi-finals.

The 28-year-old had been aiming to triumph her 3rd rubric of the twelvemonth but mislaid 6-4 6-4 successful Tokyo successful 1 hr and 30 minutes to the erstwhile satellite fig four.

Boulter was breached doubly successful the archetypal acceptable and, though she recovered 1 of the breaks erstwhile Kenin archetypal served for the set, she was incapable to interruption again and the 2020 Australian Open champion secured the acceptable astatine the 2nd clip of asking.

Kenin had to prevention 4 interruption points successful the sixth crippled of the 2nd acceptable but held connected to marque it 3-3 and broke the Briton successful the pursuing game, maintaining her vantage aft that to scope the final.

She volition look either apical effect and Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen of China oregon Russian Diana Shnaider, the sixth seed, successful the final.