Boulter will climb to world number 23 on Monday.
Katie Boulter slipped to a chastening 6-1 6-2 defeat to Russia’s Diana Shnaider in the Hong Kong Open final.
Top seed Shnaider, 20, outside the top 100 in January, steamrollered her way to a fourth title of the season, reeling off a catalogue of clean winners against the error-prone Briton. The British number one showed little of the steely focus on show in her semi-final win against China’s Yuan Yue, which guaranteed she will climb to 23rd in the rankings on Monday.
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