Katie Boulter admitted the emotions of a tough few weeks finally caught up with her after crashing out to Harmony Tan.
The 25-year-old learned shortly after her first-round victory over Karolina Pliskova that her grandmother, Jill, had passed away. And she acknowledged the toll that had obviously taken on her, as well as a tough build-up to the Championships, after her 6-1, 6-1 defeat.
Boulter said: “Obviously it’s a pretty difficult one to take. I may have seen it coming a little bit — I started to reach my emotional and physical point where I was struggling a little bit in the warmup.
