Alex de Minaur and British girlfriend Katie Boulter are through to the second round in the Wimbledon 2023 mixed doubles competition.
London, Great Britain, 7 July 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Alex de Minaur’s first appearance in a Grand Slam mixed doubles draw proved very memorable.
The 24-year-old Australian teamed with British girlfriend Katie Boulter to record an impressive victory at Wimbledon.
The wildcard pairing, who have been dating since 2020, triumphed 6-2 6-4 against the reigning US Open champions, Aussie duo John Peers and Storm Hunter.
“I’ve been bugging her for a while to play,” De Minaur said. “We said we would give it a go at least one time.”
Perfect match 🤍@KatieCBoulter and @AlexDeMinaur made it through to the next round of the mixed doubles after their win today 👏#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/H7ZV1Qlw1O
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 7, 2023
This match followed a disappointing second-round exit in the gentlemen’s singles competition for De Minaur, who lost to 2021 finalist Matteo Berrettini in straight sets earlier in the day.
“I was playing great on this surface. I just came up against a tough opponent on the day,” conceded the world No.17.
De Minaur now plans to support Boulter, the top-ranked British woman, in her singles campaign.
“The way she’s been handling the spotlight, the pressures, it’s been pretty astounding to me,” De Minaur said. “It’s probably my turn to start learning from her.”
Their mixed doubles campaign also continues, with a second-round clash set against Belgian’s Joran Vliegen and China’s Xu Yifan.
World No.25 Vliegen and world No.27 Xu eliminated the second seeds, two-time defending champions Brit Neal Skupski and American Desirae Krawczyk, in the opening round.
Aussies in action – Wimbledon
RESULTS
Mixed doubles, first round
[WC] Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Katie Boulter (GBR) d John Peers (AUS)/Storm Hunter (AUS) 6-2 6-4
Gentlemen’s doubles, first round
[6] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d Guillermo Duran (ARG)/Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(8)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Jason Kubler (AUS) d [Alt] Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 6-2 6-2
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Ladies’ doubles, first round
[3] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) d Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/Alicja Rosolska (POL) 6-0 6-2
Daria Saville (AUS)/Kateryna Baindl (UKR) d Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER)/Mayar Sherif (EGY) 6-4…
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