Katie Boulter recorded the biggest win of her tennis career with a win over Karolina Pliskova at Wimbledon – as the British star dedicated to her late grandmother in an emotional interview as she fought back tears.
World No. 118 Boulter produced a stunning performance to overthrow last year’s finalist and sixth seed Karolina Pliskova – a former world No. 1 and current world No. 7 – as she reached the third round of Wimbledon for the first time ever. reached.
Boulter dropped the first set but roared back to claim a 3-6 7-6 6-4 win in front of a delighted home crowd at Center Court – just a day after fellow British Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray crashed.
After the game, the 25-year-old from Leicester said: ‘I have no words for it now, I am literally shaking.
The audience was incredible, thank you so much for helping me through it. I’m going to get emotional. My big one passed away two days ago.
I want to dedicate that to her today. It’s a dream come true for me. I hope I still have many games to play.
“If I have you behind me for that, I hope I can go a long way. Thank you very much. Thank you.’
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