Katie Boulter reaps rewards for hard work before Caroline Garcia win

Katie Boulter believes victory over former world No.4 Caroline Garcia at the LTA's Rothesay Classic Birmingham demonstrates that her recent sacrifices have been worth it writes Oli Dickson Jefford. Leicester star Boulter, who is on the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme — the highest level of support for players aged 16-24 — beat Garcia 7-6 (5) 6-1 to reach the last eight in Birmingham for the first time. Ad/> The 25-year-old has battled with repeated injuries in recent seasons, and believes such a significant victory is just rewards for the work she has put in.

TennisBurrage satisfied with serve to battle past Rodionova at Ilkley44 MINUTES AGO Boulter said: «I've worked so hard the past few weeks with my injury and it makes it all worthwhile, all the tough moments I went through. Pushing through it really got me through today, so I'm really happy to be in the quarter-finals and I'm looking forward to another good match. »I think in the first set it was tough for both of us, we were both serving really well.

I was just trying to take care of my service games as I knew she was going to be strong on hers. «Eventually I got a chance, played a really good tiebreak and that's all it comes down to at the end of the day. I've got to keep fighting and I thought I did that really well today.