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2024 US Open: British No1 Boulter knocked out in New York

British number one Katie Boulter claimed ‘everything was horrendous’ as she was dumped out of the US Open in the second round on Thursday night.

The 31st seed in Flushing Meadows was a break up in the first set before crumbling to lose in straight sets to Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, a 21-year-old who had only played one Grand Slam match before this year.

Boulter, 28, broke early but surrendered her advantage to go down 7-5 in the opening set, and lost by the same score in the second, despite trying to mount a late comeback.

The world no74 has improved from being outside the top 150 in January and reached the third round at Wimbledon, beating defending champion Marketa Vondrousova along the way.

Boulter was picked up by cameras saying “everything was horrendous” to her team in the stands.

She only completed three matches on hard courts after representing Team GB on the clay of Roland Garros at the Paris Olympics.

The Spaniard will face either sixth seed Jessica Pegula or former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in round three.

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, seeded four, has withdrawn ahead of her second round match against Jessika Ponchet, the world no143 from France.

In the men’s draw Jannik Sinner saw-off home favourite Alex Michelsen 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 to reach the third round.

Alex Hoad
Alex Hoad
Alex has more than 15 years' experience in sports journalism and has reported on multiple Olympics, World Cups and European Championships in additional to Champions League, Europa League and domestic football.
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