

Asia Muhammad, United States, and Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4.Īn accomplished classical pianist, Tan did not have the power of her opponent but was able to dictate points and frustrate Boulter with her defence.


Ken Skupski and Jonny O’Mara, Britain, def.Casper Ruud, Norway, and William Blumberg, United States, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Harri Heliovaara, Finland, and Lloyd Glasspool (15), Britain, def.The Frenchwoman, who knocked out Serena Williams in round one, mixed up her pace all game long, which meant that Boulter never got into a rhythm in a match that lasted just 51 minutes. Where 2021 runner-up Karolina Pliskova provided the 25-year-old with a powerful hitter to challenge, Tan was another kind of opponent entirely. One person who was absent for this one was Boulter, however, who had gone out in tame fashion earlier in the day. “I’m going to maybe try and get a couple more racquets in the bag for the next few tournaments.”ĭe Minaur seems to have won over the British crowd, despite victories over home favourites Jack Draper and now Broady. It’s tough to get them changed, especially if one of them goes, then one’s at the stringer, you start to worry a little bit. I know that some of the guys like (Bjorn) Borg back in the day used to have like 20 racquets in his bag. “The change was probably a little bit too late. I felt like the ball was doing what I was trying to tell it to do. I brought it out and I just felt a lot more comfortable playing. The racquet only came back once I was a break down in the third. “The first couple of sets I felt like the ball was flying off my strings a bit.
