Katie Boulter drops unexpected news about Alex de Minaur amid heartbreak for star

Katie Boulter hasn’t ruled out a future mixed doubles appearance with partner Alex de Minaur, but her tough season has continued having lost her British No.1 ranking during a brutal defeat at The Queen’s Club. Women are once again playing at the prestigious English tournament for the first time since 1973 and Boulter led the draw as the No.1 British ranked star.

However, Boulter’s rollercoaster form has once again seen her go down in the round of 16 in a three-set defeat to No.5 seed Diana Schnaider. With Alex de Minaur supporting Boulter at Queen’s, the 28-year-old struggled on her serve after making nine double faults in her loss.

And her latest setback means she will lose her No.1 British ranking to doubles teammate Emma Raducanu. The former US Open winner, Raducanu, reached the quarter-final at Queen’s as she starts to gather momentum before Wimbledon.

She faces a huge task against No.1 seed Qinweng Zheng in the next round, but has regathered the title of her nation’s best player. While Raducanu is also struggling for form in 2025, Boulter’s dip has seen her lose the No.1 ranking.

But Boulter was full of praise for Raducanu after acknowledging she had lost the ranking, before putting it behind her to team up with her British teammate in the women’s doubles at Queen’s. The pair won their first clash, but fell to Erin Routliffe and Lyudmyla Kichenok in the quarter-final.

Raducanu suggested she wants to team up with Boulter again in the near future, which leaves the question whether they will play doubles at Wimbledon in a few weeks. Although Boutler also hinted she would be open to playing doubles again with fiance de Minaur if given the opportunity.

Katie Boulter open to Alex de Minaur doubles reunion

Speaking ahead of the tournament, Boulter was asked whether she would ever play mixed doubles again with de Minaur. The duo played together at Wimbledon in 2023, which was a huge hit with the fans.

The pair have also played against each other in mixed doubles at the United Cup in Australia, which went Boulter’s way. And Boulter hasn’t ruled out teaming up with de Minaur at the revamped US Open mixed doubles tournament later this year.

“You never know,” she said on Performance People Podcast. “I don’t think we have ruled it out, but I don’t think we’ve had a conversation about it.” This has given a number of tennis fans hope of seeing Boulter and de Minaur back on the same side of the court again in the near future.

Alex de Minaur resting after French Open fatigue

De Minaur will now be preparing for his grass court campaign after he made a shock exit at the French Open in the second round. The Aussie has played a lot of tennis this year already and opted to skip Stuttgart to cheer on Boulter at Queen’s.

The duo were captured training together at the tournament with de Minaur set to kickstart the next chapter of his season soon. The Aussie talked about fatigue and the gruelling tennis schedule after his shock elimination in Paris and has taken the opoortunity to get some well earned rest having played 38 singles matches this year, wining 27 of them. De Minaur is currently holding onto his World No.10 ranking, which will be important heading into Wimbledon.