Katie Boulter has seen enough of her boyfriend Alex de Minaur playing against Andy Murray after the pair met again in the first round of the Paris Masters. The 27-year-old has been in a relationship with De Minaur for over two years but grew up supporting Murray, who faced the Aussie in the French capital on Monday.
De Minaur managed to beat Murray in three sets to book his place in the second round, where he will face qualifier Dusan Lajovic. The result extended his impressive record over the two-time Wimbledon champion to six victories without tasting defeat, with four of those wins coming in the last 12 months.
Boulter took to X, formerly Twitter, after the match to jokingly call for an end to the rivalry as she wrote: “Had enough Alex and Andy for the rest of my life. No more please and thank you.”
Murray took the first set against De Minaur but was unable to prevent his opponent from fighting back to secure another impressive win over his British rival. It provoked a furious reaction from Murray, who smashed his racket into the ground on two occasions after watching a forehand effort clip the net and land on his side of the court.
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He later admitted that his love for tennis is waning as he approaches the end of a difficult year, saying: “The last five, six months haven’t been that enjoyable so I need to try and find some of that enjoyment back because playing a match like that there’s not much positivity there.
“When I play a good point, I’m not really getting behind myself in the important moments, that will to win and fight that has always been a big part of my game. What happened today, I don’t remember it happening before, that’s not really me. I haven’t felt good about my game for large parts of this year.”
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Murray went on to suggest that he will have plenty of work to do in order to start competing at the highest level ahead of this year’s Davis Cup finals. He was named in Great Britain’s squad alongside the likes of Cameron Norrie and Jack Draper earlier this month but appears to be lacking confidence after his latest defeat at the hands of De Minaur.
“If I want to keep going, I’m going to need a lot of work,” he added. “It’s not just going to be like one or two weeks of training to get me to where I need to get to, it’s going to have to be a lot of work and consistent work to give myself a chance.
“Right now I’m not in the best frame of mind to make a decision. I’ll probably take a few days and make that call slightly later in the week and then see what happens with the Davis Cup.”
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