BREAKING NEWS British No 1 Katie Boulter is knocked OUT of Wimbledon by No 2 Harriet Dart, who was in tears when she thought she would lose before remarkable turnaround Dart has won two of eight career meetings with Billie Jean King Cup team-mate By Tamara Prenn Published: 11:11 EDT, 4 July 2024 | Updated: 11:44 EDT, 4 July 2024 e-mail 14 View comments Harriet Dart upset Katie Boulter in a three-set thriller that ended with a 10-8 tiebreak in the third, weeks after British No1 knocked her out of contention in their meeting at Eastbourne. Dart had thought that she was destined to head out of the competition at 6-2 down in the tiebreak, and was seen wiping away tears as she sought to collect herself. Battling through early disappointment, the 27-year-old held her mettle against the No32 seed and claimed just the second victory in their eight career meetings.
'I wear my emotions on my sleeve, so you see everything,' Dart said in her on-court interview on Thursday afternoon. 'But thank you so much for the support, it was so fab.' Boulter had high praise for her opponent in the build-up to Thursday's No1 Court clash, pointing out that grass was her 'favourite surface' and the All England Club her 'home club'.
Harriet Dart has claimed her second match out of eight meetings with British No1 Katie Boulter Dart appeared to have reached breaking point before the end of the tiebreak but battled on The British No2 had to battle with her opponent for three hours on No1 Court on Thursday R.