Alex de Minaur has revealed the difficulty of having to blank out the disappointment of his fiancee being knocked out of Wimbledon as he focused to keep his own title ambitions afloat at the grass-court grand slam.
British star Katie Boulter bowed out, surprisingly beaten by Argentine lucky loser Solana Sierra, on Wednesday on the eve of de Minaur's own second-round match, which, after an absent-minded start, he won in four sets against French qualifier Arthur Cazaux.
The exit of the high-profile Boulter was a headline tale in the British sports - and news - pages where her relationship with de Minaur as the most celebrated couple in tennis often features too.
