Defending champion Katie Boulter insisted keeping a cool head was the key to victory over compatriot Harriet Dart in the first round of the LTA’s Rothesay Open in Nottingham.
Dart was convinced a ball landed out in the second set of the Nottingham Open match against Boulter, and she offered umpire Kelly Rask an expensive bet
Katie Boulter and Jack Draper are among the Britons to prevail on Monday, as grass-court tournaments get underway in Nottingham, Stuttgart and Rosmalen.
The grass court season swung into action in Nottingham but it was far from genteel on Centre Court at the Rothesay Open, where a furious Harriet Dart accused the chair umpire of “embarrassing herself” over perceived bad calls and even…
Katie Boulter came through a contentious opening to her Rothesay Open title defence in Nottingham after a marathon contest against her British teammate Harriet Dart.
Harriet Dart offered to bet the umpire £50,000 she was right about a disputed line call in her ill-tempered defeat to British team-mate Katie Boulter at the Nottingham Open.