
Katie Boulter rated her week at the Birmingham Classic as a “huge step forward” after losing to former Wimbledon champion Simona Halep in the quarter-finals.
The British player claimed the best win of her career by ranking against Alison Riske in the first round and then knocked out former top-10 star Caroline Garcia, but second seed Halep showed her class in a 6-4 6-1 victory.