Boulter may come to regret all those chances she had to take the set, as Bouzas Maneiro takes a 3-0 lead in the tie break.
Boulter gets on the scoreboard in the tie break with a serve that Bouzas Maneiro can’t return, but then misses the volley she had expertly set up. 5-1.
It would take something very impressive for Boulter to get back into this tie break now, but she pulls it back to 5-2.
Boulter takes the risk and goes for the line, but narrowly misses and Bouzas Maneiro has four set points.
Bouzas Maneiro makes a mistake with the first, and Boulter wins next two. 6-5.
On her serve, Boulter capitalises on a net-cord ball that bounced favourably from Bouzas Maneiro and draws level!
But Bouzas Maneiro wins the next point on Boulter’s second serve and has another set point.
Boulter has come back into this contest time and again and draws level again 7-7, and then edges ahead.
It’s Boulter who has set point now…but it’s saved by a stunning winner down the line from Bouzas Maneiro. 8-8
Boulter hits the ball into the net and Bouzas Maneiro has another chance to take this, but she double faults. You couldn’t make up the ebbs and flows in this tie break alone