By Richard Pagliaro | Sunday, August 3, 2025
Picture credit score: Katie Boulter Instagram
The couple that performs collectively stays collectively.
Alex de Minaur calls taking part in blended doubles with fiancé Katie Boulter at Wimbledon one his profession highlights.
That’s one motive why the Washington, D.C. champion is making the case to the USTA for a wild card for he and Boulter into this month’s US Open Blended Doubles.
“Yeah, one hundred percent. I imply, look, I believe we’re doing our greatest to place a extremely good case ahead to hopefully get that wild card,” de Minaur instructed the media in Toronto immediately after edging Frances Tiafoe for his seventh straight win. “Yeah, I imply, one of the crucial gratifying moments I’ve had on a tennis courtroom was taking part in Wimbledon blended doubles along with her.”
The USTA launched the present roster of groups for the brand new US Open Blended doubles match, which shall be staged for the primary time throughout fan week, the week earlier than singles main-draw play begins.
Right here’s a take a look at the groups at the moment set to play:
There are at the moment two open spots remaining and de Minaur is hoping he and Boulter shall be given a wild card to fill one in every of them.
“It was fairly rattling cool [to play with Boulter], so I’d love to return and, yeah, play once more,” de Minaur mentioned immediately. “And to play such an thrilling occasion with the world’s greatest tennis gamers could be fairly cool. So hopefully they offer us an opportunity to do this, and I don’t know, I imply, yeah, I’m holding my fingers crossed.”
