Home Sports Katie Boulter wins her first WTA 500 tournament for a £112,000 pay-day to seal a ‘pretty good week’ for tennis’ power couple – after boyfriend Alex De Minaur jetted in at 6am from his own win to watch his girlfriend hit a career high

Katie Boulter wins her first WTA 500 tournament for a £112,000 pay-day to seal a ‘pretty good week’ for tennis’ power couple – after boyfriend Alex De Minaur jetted in at 6am from his own win to watch his girlfriend hit a career high

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Katie Boulter defeated Marta Kostyuk to earn her first victory in a WTA 500 tournament in San Diego
  • Katie Boulter defeated Marta Kostyuk to earn her first victory in a WTA 500 tournament
  • The British number one thanked her boyfriend Alex de Minaur for flying to see her play
  • De Minaur flew 2000 miles from his own victory to reach the final in time

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British number one Katie Boulter sealed her first victory in a WTA 500 tournament with a stunning comeback victory over Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, and then took the time to publicly thank her boyfriend Alex de Minaur in the crowd.

It has been a dream week for the tennis power couple, which saw Boulter, 27, beat Ukrainian Kostyuk 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the San Diego Open to secure a prize. of £112,000, just one day after De Minaur, 25, triumphed at the Mexico Open.

When Boulter accepted her award, the Brit couldn’t help but playfully “embarrass” her partner, who had flown more than 2,000 miles at 6 a.m., and arrived in time to sit on the court and watch her achieve her record. career.

She said: ‘I want to give a special little thank you to my boyfriend. He broke up last night at midnight and I really want to embarrass him.

“He took a taxi at 4:15 in the morning and took a flight at six to be here today, so I appreciate that.”

Katie Boulter defeated Marta Kostyuk to earn her first victory in a WTA 500 tournament in San Diego

Boulter sealed her first victory in a WTA 500 tournament with a stunning comeback on Sunday.

Boulter sealed her first victory in a WTA 500 tournament with a stunning comeback on Sunday.

Katie Boulter defeated Marta Kostyuk to earn her first victory in a WTA 500 tournament in San Diego

De Miñaur (right) encourages Boulter from the court along with his coach Damián Rodríguez.

De Miñaur (right) encourages Boulter from the court along with his coach Damián Rodríguez.

De Miñaur (right) encourages Boulter from the court along with his coach Damián Rodríguez.

Boulter and De Minaur are one of the sport's power couples after getting together a few years ago and the Australian was determined to be in the historic British final on Sunday.

Boulter and De Minaur are one of the sport's power couples after getting together a few years ago and the Australian was determined to be in the historic British final on Sunday.

Boulter and De Minaur are one of the sport’s power couples after getting together a few years ago and the Australian was determined to be in the historic British final on Sunday.

De Minaur, 25, defended his Mexican Open title after defeating Norway’s Casper Ruud in Acapulco on Saturday, but in a sign of his devotion to his girlfriend, De Minaur skipped the after-party in Acapulco due to his flight from 6 am that saw him arrive at Boulter. final.

De Minaur described her WTA Finals wins as a “pretty good week,” especially seeing how Boulter fought back to win in San Diego.

After an even start between Boulter and Kostyuk, the sixth-seeded Ukrainian began to overcome the British, chaining several games and quickly approaching the first set.

Boulter fought back to tie the set at 5-5, but Kostyuk regained the momentum to close the first set 7-5.

Boulter 'embarrassed' her boyfriend De Miñaur by thanking him for coming to see her play

Boulter 'embarrassed' her boyfriend De Miñaur by thanking him for coming to see her play

The Australian tennis star playfully gestured for him to stop during his acceptance speech.

The Australian tennis star playfully gestured for him to stop during his acceptance speech.

Boulter ’embarrassed’ her boyfriend De Miñaur by thanking him for coming to see her play

De Miñaur won the Mexican Open title in Acapulco this Saturday by beating Casper Ruud

De Miñaur won the Mexican Open title in Acapulco this Saturday by beating Casper Ruud

De Miñaur won the Mexican Open title in Acapulco this Saturday by beating Casper Ruud

Boulter then found her rhythm in the second, dominating with her first serve to take the set 6-2 and force a decisive third set.

The Brit continued her rise in the third, earning the first break point of the set en route to opening a 3-1 lead.

Boulter broke again in the seventh game and from there stormed home to close out the victory in two hours and 13 minutes.

Last month, De Minaur opened up about how difficult it is to be away from his girlfriend Boulter on Valentine’s Day.

The Australian number one was playing at the Rotterdam Open at the time.

“That’s the difficult part about tennis tours, that we couldn’t spend some of these special days together,” De Minaur noted regretfully in an interview with the ATP, saying he was looking forward to a romantic dinner.

Boulter beat Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk (pictured) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in San Diego on Sunday.

Boulter beat Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk (pictured) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in San Diego on Sunday.

Boulter beat Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk (pictured) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in San Diego on Sunday.

De Minaur recently spoke about how difficult it is to spend time away from Boulter while on tour.

De Minaur recently spoke about how difficult it is to spend time away from Boulter while on tour.

De Minaur recently spoke about how difficult it is to spend time away from Boulter while on tour.

The British number one posted a romantic photo of the couple on Valentine's Day last month.

The British number one posted a romantic photo of the couple on Valentine's Day last month.

The British number one posted a romantic photo of the couple on Valentine’s Day last month.

On Thursday she took to Instagram to post a photo of the couple together in Capri, writing the caption: “Happy Valentine’s Day, Katie Boulter.” Can we go back now!?

Boulter posted a photo of the couple on his own Instagram story along with the caption: ‘My Valentine’s Day.’

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