Katie Boulter breaks silence on Emma Raducanu | Sports News

Despite being surpassed by Emma Raducanu within the rankings, Katie Boulter has dismissed any notion of a rivalry between them.

Boulter lately suffered an early exit from the Cincinnati Open, shedding to Olga Danilovic within the first spherical. Had she received, she would have confronted former U.S. Open champion Raducanu, who has received a stunning quantity of prize money this 12 months, within the second spherical.

Both gamers have been outstanding figures in British girls’s tennis lately, with Sonay Kartal additionally making a identify for herself. Boulter’s loss to Danilovic resulted in her dropping to fiftieth within the WTA rankings, her lowest place in 18 months.

This locations her behind Raducanu and Kartal, who’re ranked thirty ninth and forty eighth, respectively. Despite this setback within the rankings, which has allowed Raducanu to reclaim the highest spot amongst British gamers, Boulter is not overly involved concerning the broader implications.

In an interview with Sky Sports, she said: “Honestly, I haven’t paid too much attention to it. It’s awesome that people are pushing themselves.

“The previous couple of weeks have been powerful. I’ve been sick, so my precedence right here is getting myself healthy and get shifting in the precise direction.”

There doesn’t appear to be any animosity between Boulter and Raducanu, who partnered for doubles at Queen’s Club earlier this year. They also trained together the day before their first-round matches at Wimbledon.

Boulter was asked about the potential of partnering with her fiance, Alex de Minaur, in the U.S. Open mixed doubles. The couple wasn’t included in the initial line-up, but rumors suggest a wildcard might be on its way to them.

“If the U.S. Open are watching this… I’m not doing that,” Boulter jokingly remarked, before adding: “No, it will be a privilege to play. We have performed combined earlier than.

“It would be nice to get on the court with him. Yeah, it would be nice to get the chance. I’m not sure what we are going to try and do to get one [a wildcard].”

Luckily for Boulter, her future husband has disclosed that he is already working on it. Earlier this week, he said: “I think we’re doing our best to put a really good case forward to hopefully get that wildcard.

“Yeah, I imply, one of probably the most gratifying moments I’ve had on a tennis court docket was enjoying Wimbledon combined doubles together with her. As I stated, it was fairly rattling cool, so I’d like to go back and play again.

“To play such an exciting event with the world’s best tennis players would be pretty cool, so hopefully they give us a chance to do that. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.”