{"id":286226,"date":"2023-09-04T06:35:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=286226"},"modified":"2023-09-04T06:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:35:34","slug":"alex-de-minaur-how-girlfriend-katie-boulter-has-improved-my-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/alex-de-minaur-how-girlfriend-katie-boulter-has-improved-my-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex de Minaur: how girlfriend Katie Boulter has improved my game"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Alex de Minaur reveals how his tennis star girlfriend Katie Boulter has turned his game around as he prepares to battle Daniil Medvedev for spot in US Open quarter final<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Alex de Minaur credits partner for changing his game<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Aussie has been with Katie Boulter since 2020<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0He will next face Medvedev in US Open showdown<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Loved-up Alex de Minaur has credited his tennis-playing girlfriend Katie Boulter for providing a fresh perspective as the Australian prepares for a high-stakes US Open showdown with Daniil Medvedev.<\/p>\n<p>De Minaur and third-seeded Medvedev will clash for a quarter-final berth on Tuesday (AEST) just three weeks after the Spain-based Sydneysider took down the Russian en route to his maiden ATP Masters 1000 final in Toronto.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That quarter-final triumph in Canada was de Minaur&#8217;s fourth top-10 scalp of the year and came 10 months after he also beat Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion and former world No.1, for the first time in Paris.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the most intense competitors on tour, de Minaur says it&#8217;s no coincidence his tennis is thriving alongside a happy off-court relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old has been dating Brit Boulter since 2020 and the two have become one of tennis&#8217;s power couples, with both making runs in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/01\/75023233-12476925-Alex_de_Minaur_says_his_girlfriend_Katie_Boulter_has_given_him_a-a-12_1693788196074.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alex de Minaur says his girlfriend Katie Boulter has given him a fresh perspective<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/01\/75023653-12476925-The_24_year_old_Aussie_star_has_been_dating_Brit_Boulter_since_2-a-13_1693788196075.jpg\" height=\"636\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Aussie star has been dating Brit Boulter (pictured together) since 2020<\/p>\n<p>De Minaur reckons his partner has taught him not to take defeats too heavily, something he&#8217;s struggled with in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A big thing that I admire a lot about Katie is how she acts and how she gets herself up during matches,&#8217; he said after Boulter bowed out in the third round at Flushing Meadows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Her philosophy is something that I envy in a way. She is very positive. She doesn&#8217;t take tennis matches for granted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She doesn&#8217;t mind the results. She goes out there competing and enjoys herself. I&#8217;ve learned a lot from that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To be honest, I&#8217;m probably on the other spectrum. I live and die by the sword and matches do hurt me in ways.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Over the years, I&#8217;ve learned that as much as it hurts in the moment, I can get off the court and the more I spend some time with Katie, we&#8217;re both able to kind of forget about it and move on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And it&#8217;s helped me a lot to not have to linger with some of these matches. I&#8217;ve been able to turn the page and move on and look forward to the next challenge.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>De Minaur&#8217;s next challenge is a big one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/01\/75023247-12476925-De_Minaur_says_Katie_has_taught_him_to_move_on_from_losses_with_-a-10_1693788195581.jpg\" height=\"395\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>De Minaur says Katie (pictured in action at the third round of this year&#8217;s US Open) has taught him to do a better job of moving on from losses\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/01\/75023251-12476925-image-a-15_1693788692534.jpg\" height=\"624\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Aussie says Katie has a much more positive outlook on tennis than he does &#8211; and it&#8217;s been rubbing off to the benefit of his game<\/p>\n<p>As well as denying Novak Djokovic the first calendar-year grand slam sweep with a brutal straight-sets mauling in the final two years ago in New York, the Russian also pushed Rafael Nadal to five sets in the 2019 title decider.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev is unquestionably one of the most formidable hard-court players in the business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s an extreme kind of counter puncher, a defensive specialist who finds ways to bait opponents into playing the game style he wants,&#8217; de Minaur said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s an extremely good tactician and you know whenever you play him you have got to be ready for an absolute chess battle.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While drawing confidence from his two wins over the world No.3, de Minaur is unsure if they will have an impact on Medvedev in a best-of-five-set tussle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/01\/75023265-12476925-De_Minaur_next_plays_third_seeded_Medvedev_for_a_quarter_final_b-a-11_1693788195596.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>De Minaur (pictured with Boulter as they played mixed doubles at this year&#8217;s Wimbledon tournament) plays third-seeded Daniil Medvedev for a quarter-final berth on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I haven&#8217;t played him in a major yet,&#8217; the Australian said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So this is going to be a new experience for both of us. If anything, it&#8217;s just going to be a long match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s going to be chances both ways. It&#8217;s about who just sticks around and fights to the end and finds a way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am expecting an absolute battle.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The winner will face either unseeded Brit Jack Draper or Russian world No.8 Andrey Rublev for a semi-final spot<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12476925\/Alex-Minaur-Katie-Boulter-improve-game-tennis-Open.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex de Minaur reveals how his tennis star girlfriend Katie Boulter has turned his game around as he prepares to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alex de Minaur: how girlfriend Katie Boulter has improved my game - 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