Katie Boulter fights back from the brink to topple ninth seed Paula Badosa

British No 2 wins 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to make second roundNow she faces lucky loser Sierra Solana, the world No 101At the start of a tension-filled final set on Centre Court, when she desperately needed to showcase the best of her abilities, Katie Boulter’s game was in freefall. Her rapid‑fire start had given way to painful service issues and her unforced error count was growing with every point.The 28-year-old Briton responded to those difficulties, however, with a demonstration of her resilience, digging deep at the end of three testing sets to produce one of the best wins of her career by toppling the ninth seed Paula Badosa to reach the second round of Wimbledon with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 victory. Continue reading...

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