No complaints about court choice for Katie Boulter after loss to Harmony Tan ends Wimbledon run
Katie Boulter had no complaints after being shunted on to No. 2 Court for her loss to Harmony Tan in the third round of Wimbledon. Boulter stunned the No.
6 seed Karolina Pliskova in the second round, winning the match in front of a rocking Centre Court. Ad/> There was expectation that she would be on the show court once again, but Wimbledon officials elected to put her on an outside court. WimbledonAnisimova rallies from a set down to stun Gauff and reach fourth roundAN HOUR AGO Boulter was blown away 6-1 6-1 in 51 minutes, and said defeat was down to being emotionally drained rather than not playing in front of a big crowd.
“You’re supposed to put the best matches out there on Centre Court and on Court One,” Boulter said. “We’ve got Iga (Swiatek) who is out there on and I don’t know how many match winning streak. I would never expect to be put ahead of players like that.” Reflecting on her loss to Tan — the victor over Serena Williams in the first round — Boulter said: “I think I’m just a little bit emotionally drained, if I’m honest.
It’s been a long few weeks. I’m not going to even talk about this week. I think this week was the cherry on top.
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I sort of went from zero to a hundred quite quickly. “This week has probably been the tipping point. I’ve played some great matches.