Katie Boulter feels a "very lucky girl" to have Alex De Minaur by her side as she bids for a deep run at Wimbledon.

The 25-year-old defeated Clara Burel in her opening round match to set up a tough tie against last year's finalist Karolina Pliskova.

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De Minaur is playing later in the day on Court One, giving him potentially some time to go on Centre and watch Boulter play.

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Pliskova reached the Wimbledon final last year, losing to Ashleigh Barty in three sets having blitzed through the earlier rounds.

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The Aussie tennis ace and Boulter have been dating for over a year now and De Minaur was on court for his girlfriend's first-round win over Burel.

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Boulter took up tennis when she was just five and was representing Great Britain just three years later.

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Boulter catapulted herself into the public eye with a Wimbledon win over Veronica Cepede Royg in 2018

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