Inglis defeated Hontama 6-3, 6-4 at the WTA 125K event in Vancouver, taking control with her first serve and coming out ahead in the return games. She finished with four aces, won 75% of points behind her first delivery and edged the total points count 62-50.
Hontama briefly threatened in the opener, cutting the deficit to 4-3 before Inglis broke for 5-3 and closed it out. In the second set, Inglis broke in the first game, was pegged back at 2-2, then struck again to lead 3-2 and held on for 6-4.
The serve statistics told the story: Hontama landed 67% of first serves to Inglis’s 56%, but Inglis won 75% of those points to Hontama’s 58%. Inglis also made only two double faults, while Hontama finished with five.