By Richard Pagliaro | Sunday, August 3, 2025
Photograph credit score: Katie Boulter Instagram
The couple that performs collectively stays collectively.
Alex de Minaur calls taking part in combined doubles with fiancé Katie Boulter at Wimbledon one his profession highlights.
That’s one cause 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 Combined Doubles.
“Yeah, one hundred percent. I imply, look, I feel we’re doing our greatest to place a extremely good case ahead to hopefully get that wild card,” de Minaur informed the media in Toronto in the present day after edging Frances Tiafoe for his seventh straight win. “Yeah, I imply, some of the gratifying moments I’ve had on a tennis courtroom was taking part in Wimbledon combined doubles together with her.”
The USTA launched the present roster of groups for the brand new US Open Combined doubles match, which can be staged for the primary time throughout fan week, the week earlier than singles main-draw play begins.
Right here’s a have a look at the groups at present set to play:
There are at present two open spots remaining and de Minaur is hoping he and Boulter can be given a wild card to fill considered one of them.
“It was fairly rattling cool [to play with Boulter], so I might love to return and, yeah, play once more,” de Minaur stated in the present day. “And to play such an thrilling occasion with the world’s finest tennis gamers can be fairly cool. So hopefully they provide us an opportunity to try this, and I don’t know, I imply, yeah, I’m maintaining my fingers crossed.”
