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Just wanted to give a mention to Katie Boulter who has reached the final of the San Diego event. Currently ranked 49 in the world, she has beaten 3 seeds in this event, ranked 13, 26 and 28 in the world and, irrespective of the result in the final, will reach her career high ranking after the final (which will be at least the top 40, but may even be the top 30 if she wins), so well done to her.
 

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alikat said:
Just wanted to give a mention to Katie Boulter who has reached the final of the San Diego event. Currently ranked 49 in the world, she has beaten 3 seeds in this event, ranked 13, 26 and 28 in the world and, irrespective of the result in the final, will reach her career high ranking after the final (which will be at least the top 40, but may even be the top 30 if she wins), so well done to her.
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And her boyfriend Alex de Minaur just defended his Mexican Open title so well done to both
 

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Never a bad time to mention Katie Boulter. ?
 

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When a Brit does well, Sky bring out Laura Robson .. I think I might start watching more tennis!
 

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Amazing match for Coco Gauff, who served up 17 Double Faults, but still beat Yue Yuan 6-4 6-3.
 

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Well done to Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter for winning their Billie Jean King Cup matches today to beat the Frogs 3-1, with the doubles match not needing to be played. Emma won both of her matches on successive days on clay in Frogsville in 3 sets and produced some excellent winners on a surface that she has not played much on. Congratulations ladies?
 

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Emma hammered Kerber in Stuttgart .

I know the German is probably well past her best but a very good performance.
 

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Awful fashion faux pas tonight, Katie Boulter & her opponent both wearing identical outfits. Don’t know where to look ?
 

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Judio1999 said:
What a superbrat performance from Harriet Dart yesterday !!

www.bbc.co.uk

Nottingham Open: Katie Boulter defeats fellow Briton Harriet Dart in first round

Defending champion Katie Boulter edges out Harriet Dart in a marathon all-British tie to reach the second round of the Nottingham Open.
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To be fair to Harriet Dart, that umpire was doing her best (worst?) David Coote impersonation…

and it’s ironic that tennis players are criticised for complaining about umpiring decisions, given that pages and pages on the GPG are taken up with grumbles about EPL match officials making erroneous but not game-changing calls about throw-ins awarded to the wrong team!
 

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westendbee said:
To be fair to Harriet Dart, that umpire was doing her best (worst?) David Coote impersonation…

and it’s ironic that tennis players are criticised for complaining about umpiring decisions, given that pages and pages on the GPG are taken up with grumbles about EPL match officials making erroneous but not game-changing calls about throw-ins awarded to the wrong team!
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I see sicknoge is also not happy with umpires at Nottingham
 

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Congrats to Katie Boulter for successfully defending her Nottingham title and doing so by playing the best part of two matches yesterday and having much less of a break between those two matches than her opponent Karolina Pliskova. And she came from one set down in both matches.

In her post match speech, she intimated that boyfriend Alex de Minaur, who had earlier won the Libema Open, might be in trouble for not coming to see her in the final!

Congrats also to Jack Draper for winning his first ATP event, the ATP Mercedes Cup.

All in all yesterday was an excellent day for British tennis.
 

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To be fair Plishkova also played a full 3 setter yesterday. However good performance by Boulter.
I was excited to see Jack Draper beat Berrettini who is a beast on grass. I hope this is the start of a rise up the rankings. Could we please have one player in the top 10 - the Italians seem to produce players every week!
Off to Edgbaston Tennis this week?
 

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JANORAK said:
Wow! The future is here. Becoming British No1 got him up to 30ish in the rankings, so he’s got to get seeded at Wimbledon, no?
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Great win.

Exciting future if he can fit.

Another Brit in the last 8 too - Billy Harris.
 

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JANORAK said:
Wow! The future is here. Becoming British No1 got him up to 30ish in the rankings, so he’s got to get seeded at Wimbledon, no?
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Confirmed now yes
28th at least
Maybe higher
If Djok pulls out
Or he wins more at Queens
 

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Super_horns said:
Great win.

Exciting future if he can fit.

Another Brit in the last 8 too - Billy Harris.
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Saw Billy Harris in the QFs at Surbiton recently. He played very well to win a tight 3 setter. I was surprised when I found out how old he was.
 

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His career earnings are just short of £300k in 9 years.
I’m not sure how you can survive on that if you are paying a coach and travel etc.
 

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A Real Mysteron said:
His career earnings are just short of £300k in 9 years.
I’m not sure how you can survive on that if you are paying a coach and travel etc.
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It's actually not that much - it's just short of US$300K. Perhaps he has a rich relative or something.
 

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Banana said:
Yes he will
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And it also looks like Katie Boulter will scrape into the Wimbledon women's seeds at no. 32 after Martens had to retire down to injury at Edgbaston today.
 

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JANORAK said:
Just above KB is Leylah Fernandez at #30. The youngster that Emma R. Beat in the US Open final. She’s not yet had a stellar career since, either….
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No, not stellar, but she's won three titles and has generally been pretty consistently good. And she could be ranked higher for Wimbledon if she progresses further at Edgbaston.
 
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