Katie Boulter's reason for skipping boyfriend Alex De Minaur's Wimbledon clash explained

Katie Boulter has not turned up for the start of boyfriend Alex De Minaur's Court 1 clash with her compatriot Liam Broady following her 51-minute beatdown to Harmony Tan in her own third-round match. The 25-year-old has been a supportive girlfriend all week, proudly cheering on the 19th seed from his box, but has been unable to make it for the beginning of his match because of her media commitments.

De Minaur and Broady kick off Court 1 play at 1pm, but the Aussie will have to make do without the support of Boulter for the first few games as she completes her most match press conference and media commitments after being knocked out by Serena Williams' conqueror Harmony Tan, who needed less than an hour to seal a 6-1 6-1 win over the home hope.

Boulter was scheduled to play first up on Court 2 at 11am, a decision that caused controversy as she was relegated to the third-biggest court after upsetting last year's finalist and sixth seed Karolina Pliskova in her debut on Centre two days ago.

Following her statement win, she was then pictured on her boyfriend's box when he faced another Brit in Jack Draper later that evening, and he came from a set down to dispatch the rising star 5-7 7-6(0) 6-2 6-3. De Minaur then took the opportunity to share his pride in his girlfriend after advancing to round three.

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Stepping up to the mic for his on-court interview on Thursday evening, the 23-year-old started: "Before we talk about my match, can we just talk about Katie Boulter today?" And De Minaur kept supporting his girlfriend in his post-match press conference as he shared how much it meant to see the British No 3 back after a difficult few years of injuries.