Final week, Boulter helped Nice Britain to succeed in the semi-finals of the Billie Jean King Cup with an announcement win over Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima, a welcome return to type after her Wimbledon ended with a second-round defeat to fortunate loser Solana Sierra and she or he did not progress from spherical one on the US Open.
At Wimbledon, Norrie made the final eight of a serious for the primary time in three years however was knocked out by finalist Carlos Alcaraz then, on the US Open, regretted how ‘overconfidence’ induced him to throw away a good contest with four-time champion Novak Djokovic.
Elsewhere in Beijing, Coco Gauff’s title defence continued with a 6-4 6-0 victory, easing previous Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova to succeed in the final 32.
Within the subsequent spherical, the world quantity three will face Canadian Leylah Fernandez, who additionally secured an emphatic win, dispatching Greece’s Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-0.
