Katie Boulter and Iva Jovic Score Massive Wins at Queen’s Club
Locker Room
June 12, 2026
Katie Boulter scored the most impressive win of her entire career at Queen’s Club in London.
She defeated the world number two, Elena Rybakina in a pulsating quarter-final.
‘Home, sweet home,’ she wrote on a television camera after the match. And there can only be one thing sweeter than a giant-killing on this West London lawn.
Katie Boulter will be desperate to repeat this sparkling performance on Centre Court at Wimbledon 2026!
She played out of her skin. There was real bite and aggression in her serves and returns. Rybakina didn’t seem to know what had hit her after she levelled the match.
Boulter’s will to win was extraordinary in front of a noisy English crowd. She triumphed so courageously and dramatically by 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
And perhaps the quality of this victory was even more amazing given that she had played earlier in the day too!
The English number one had seen off Jaqueline Cristian 6-1, 6-3 to set up the quarter-final. Now she plays Donna Vekic in the semis.
And there is a chance she will face American teenager Iva Jovic in what would be a spectacular final at Queen’s.
Jovic defeated last year’s Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, encouraged all the way by her English coach Tom Gutteridge.
Emma Raducanu also had a magnificent day, beating Sorana Cirstea, who had defeated her heavily in Romania recently.
That gutsy 6-4, 6-2 victory leaves Emma facing Kamilla Rakhimova in a delayed quarter-final, and then Jovic if the English girl can progress.
But the day belonged to Boulter and her extraordinary win over former Wimbledon champion Rybakina.
She said: ‘This win goes toward the crowd. That was absolutely incredible. I just told myself to go for it. I’m so proud today. The noise and the atmosphere was amazing to play in.’
Katie Boulter might just raise the Centre Court roof at Wimbledon 2026 if she can keep playing like this on grass!
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