88 m. ago Alex de Minaur reveals stance on US Open mixed doubles entry with Katie Boulter

De Minaur and Boulter are not on the initial list of pairings for the event in New York

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3 h. ago Katie Boulter: The toxic death threats received by British tennis star and what Judy Murray says about abuse

Katie Boulter, Britain’s world no.2 tennis player, has opened up on the detail of toxic messages received online.

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5 h. ago Katie Boulter opens up on brutal abuse – 'I hope you get cancer' and gran's grave threat

British tennis ace Katie Boulter has opened up on the scale of horrendous abuse she has received on social media by sharing some vile messages ahead of Wimbledon

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6 h. ago Katie Boulter reveals reply to online troll after receiving death threats

The British No 2 has detailed the extent of online abuse following her second round match at the French Open in an ever-increasing issue in tennis

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6 h. ago Katie Boulter opens up over ‘awful’ online abuse sent to tennis players

British player talks about receiving toxic messages‘I don’t think there’s anything off the cards now’The British tennis No 2 Katie Boulter has lifted the lid on the level of abuse aimed at some players and revealed she and her family have received death threats.Boulter shared her experiences with BBC Sport to highlight the issue of players receiving toxic messages online. The 28-year-old’s examples included a message telling her to buy “candles and a coffin for your entire family” with a reference to her “grandmother’s grave if she’s not dead by tomorrow”, one stating she should “go to hell” as she had cost the poster money, and another stating “hope you get cancer”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Katie Boulter reveals online abuse sent to her and other tennis players

British player talks about receiving toxic messages‘I don’t think there’s anything off the cards now’The British No 2, Katie Boulter, has revealed the level of abuse aimed at some players and said she and her family have received death threats. Boulter shared her experiences with BBC Sport to highlight players receiving toxic messages online.The 28-year-old’s examples included a message telling her to buy “candles and a coffin for your entire family” with a reference to her “grandmother’s grave if she’s not dead by tomorrow”, one stating she should “go to hell” as she had cost the poster money and another stating “hope you get cancer”. In 2014, Boulter detailed the harassment that can accompany a higher profile in the game. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Wimbledon British hopeful Katie Boulter reveals she receives 'astronomical levels' of death threats and unwanted messages about how she looks

The 28-year-old British number two explained how most of the abuse she receives comes from 'people who are betting on the tennis'.

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3 d. ago Emma Raducanu not ‘overly concerned’ about ongoing back issue after Queen’s exit

Raducanu required an off-court medical time out before the second set.

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4 d. ago Wimbledon announcement after Emma Raducanu left in tears and Katie Boulter Queen's incident

Emma Raducanu was left in tears after being targeted by a stalker during a match in Dubai earlier this year, with Wimbledon chiefs now looking to improve security

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4 d. ago Emma Raducanu relaxed about British number one status after progress at Queen’s

Katie Boulter’s defeat to Diana Shnaider means Raducanu, who beat Rebecca Sramkova 6-4 6-1, will reclaim the top ranking.

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4 d. ago Emma Raducanu celebrates new British No 1 status by saving home blushes at Queen’s

Raducanu progressed to the quarter-finals with an assured performance while Katie Boulter and Heather Watson crashed out at the second-round stage

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4 d. ago Emma Raducanu leapfrogs Katie Boulter to British No 1 after beating Sramkova at Queen’s

Raducanu wins 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finalsBoulter falls to fifth seed Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-3, 6-2Emma Raducanu will regain her status as the best female tennis player in Britain for the first time in two years as she continued her solid start to the grass-court season by defeating Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals at Queen’s.Raducanu, who currently sits at world No 35 in the live rankings, will return to British No 1 next week after Katie Boulter fell to the fifth seed Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday. Raducanu has not been the highest-ranked player in the country since June 2023 when she was recovering from surgeries to her wrists and ankle. She missed a total of eight months in 2023 and consequently fell out of the top 300. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Emma Raducanu set to become British number one after Katie Boulter defeat

Boulter replaced 2021 US Open winner Raducanu in the top spot exactly two years ago.

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5 d. ago Emma Raducanu vs Rebecca Sramkova live: Queen’s Club tennis scores after Boulter and Watson crash out

Raducanu is up next on Andy Murray Arena after Heather Watson and Katie Boulter both lose their second round matches

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5 d. ago Katie Boulter replaced by Emma Raducanu as British No1 after Queen's defeat

Boulter took the first set against Diana Shnaider but could not complete the job

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5 d. ago Heather Watson vs Elena Rybakina live: Queen’s Club tennis scores before Emma Raducanu in action

Watson eyes a shock upset after Katie Boulter loses her second round match - Emma Raducanu is up next

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5 d. ago Katie Boulter v Diana Shnaider live: Queen’s Club tennis scores before Emma Raducanu in action

Boulter and Raducanu eye a place in the quarter-finals after defeat in the doubles yesterday

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5 d. ago BBC is showing Bargain Hunt and Homes Under the Hammer repeats instead of Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter's doubles match... again

The British tennis pair played their quarter-final of the Queen's Club Championships earlier today, but the footage was not even available on the BBC website for the majority of the match.

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5 d. ago Emma Raducanu keen to explore doubles partnership with Katie Boulter

It was just the third doubles match in Raducanu’s career and only the second time she paired up with Boulter.

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5 d. ago Raducanu and Boulter laugh off Queen’s doubles defeat with singles to come

British pair lose 6-2, 7-5 to Routliffe and KichenokSonay Kartal beaten 6-1, 6-3 by Amanda AnisimovaWith a place in the semi-finals on her debut at Queen’s hanging in the balance, Emma Raducanu flitted towards the net in an attempt to pluck a floating ball out of the air. She has effortlessly dispatched similar balls thousands of times, but on game point while a set down, her forehand drive volley landed closer to the back fence than the court.Normally, she would react with frustration to such an easy miss on an important point. This, however, was only doubles. As she turned away and comically planted her palm on her face, she could not hide her smile. Katie Boulter, her doubles partner, laughed out loud. Continue reading...

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