Overview
- Boulter beat Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-2 to advance, creating 14 break points and converting four in a controlled win.
- She next meets world No. 5 Jessica Pegula in Madrid’s evening session on the main court, a setting Pegula has said can feel slower at night.
- Their head-to-head stands at 1-1 from team events, and this will be their first meeting on clay at a WTA 1000 tournament.
- Boulter says her confidence on clay is growing after a stronger 2025 that included a Paris WTA 125 title and a Rouen quarter-final this month.
- She also accepted a doubles wildcard with Venus Williams and is set to face Jiang Xinyu and Xu Yifan in the first round.