US Open: Johanna Konta and Laura Robson back Katie Boulter to compete with the best | Tennis News

British No 1 Katie Boulter is rising in confidence and has the flexibility to compete with the perfect on the US Open, in line with Sky Sports activities Tennis analysts Johanna Konta and Laura Robson.

Boulter and Burrage each impressed in the course of the grass-court season nevertheless it was the 27-year-old from Leicester who shone brightest as she grew to become the brand new British No 1 and received her maiden WTA title in Nottingham.

Boulter then reached the third-round of Wimbledon earlier than being overwhelmed by No 3 seed Elena Rybakina and her run on the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal ended with one other humbling defeat by the hands of Coco Gauff.

After the failure of the French Open, the place no British girls made the principle draw of a Grand Slam for the primary time because the 2009 US Open, and the necessity for wild playing cards to treatment that at Wimbledon, Burrage has since reached her profession excessive of 94 to ensure her a spot within the US Open fundamental draw, alongside world No 60 Boulter.

“I am so completely happy that we have got two girls in the principle draw after everybody made such an enormous deal out of no girls in the principle draw instantly at Wimbledon. Everybody wanted wild playing cards, so it exhibits how rapidly issues can change,” stated former Wimbledon junior champion, Robson.

“The truth that Katie’s now at a profession excessive and Jodie’s simply snuck in, we have a few actually nice gamers in qualifiers as effectively with Harriet Dart, Katie Swan, Lily Miyazaki and Heather Watson. They’re going to all be seeking to be a part of Katie and Jodie in the principle draw.

“Hopefully we’ll have a couple of extra by the point the principle draw begins, however I I simply really feel like they’re each taking part in a few of the greatest tennis of their total profession – particularly Katie.

“She’s profitable the matches that she needs to be profitable, which isn’t at all times straightforward, and it is much more stress to place in your self once you really feel like ‘oh, I am lastly on the rating the place possibly I needs to be’, however to truly nonetheless play your greatest tennis in these conditions might be might be difficult.”

Boulter was compelled to withdraw from Cincinnati with a minor foot damage, however Robson believes the additional time will enable her to be 100 per cent wholesome for the US Open whereas Burrage competes at a WTA 125 occasion in Chicago.

“They’ve each acquired huge video games, which is the type of tennis that actually does effectively in New York as a result of the court docket typically performs fairly quick and fairly a excessive bounce,” stated Robson. “For those who can play aggressive tennis, then you possibly can simply take on a regular basis away out of your opponent so I feel they are going to be tremendous constructive moving into into the primary spherical.”

Former US Open quarter-finalist Konta thinks Boulter must be competing with the perfect regularly with a purpose to push herself into the upper echelons of the game.

She stated: “I feel time at this degree will do wonders and the extra alternative she will get to play towards these huge gamers the extra she’s going to really feel ‘the place am I missing? is it my consistency? do I not take sufficient probabilities? do I not step in early sufficient within the level?’

“She’s going to then begin serious about what she must do on the observe court docket to try to iron out and push her personal boundaries to get higher.

“The most important hurdle for her till now could be staying bodily wholesome. She is ready now the place she is competing persistently week after week having had that reward by profitable Nottingham and making the third spherical of Wimbledon, qualifying in Montreal and profitable a spherical.

“All this may add to what we wish to name ‘confidence’ after which from there it’ll additionally construct out a variety of issues and her recreation on the whole will begin to get higher with out essentially, particularly needing to deal with what she must get higher at.

“The extra time you get to spend at this degree your recreation naturally improves.”

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