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Katie Boulter insists she takes comfort from extra Wimbledon pressure

Source: PA Wire

Katie Boulter is ready to embrace the Wimbledon spotlight.

The 27-year-old goes into the tournament as the leading home hope for success in the women’s draw having maintained her upward trajectory for more than a year.

Boulter made a big breakthrough by winning her first WTA Tour title in last June and has followed that up with a bigger crown and then a successful defence of the tournament that takes place only a few miles from her home in Leicestershire.

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