She dedicated the victory to her grandmother, who died two days ago, so it was a particularly emotional victory for Katie Boulter after a crazy game that weakened and took place, but provided enough streaks of brilliance to capture the guerrilla crowd, writes Alison Rudd.
There is a superstar who is struggling to appear from the last performances of the 25-year-old football player from Leicester. Much has been done about the possible distractions from the sponsorship deals made by Emma Raducanu, but Boulter got there first with several partnerships using her early talent and marketability. Then came failures with an injury, but who knows how far she could go if she stayed in physical shape?
Boulter’s grandmother died two days ago, and her grandfather, in the center, was looking at the central court
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER MARK ASPLAND
It was, oddly enough, a repeat of Boulter’s victory over Pliskova last week in Eastbourne,
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