Tennis golden woman Katie Boulter has sparked engagement rumours by flashing her ring within the crowd.
The 27-year-old is presently Britain’s No1 ladies’s tennis star. She took half on this month’s Australian Open, the place she bowed out of the match in each the doubles and the singles.
She was courtside to observe her boyfriend Alex De Minaur tackle Andrey Rublev in Sunday’s fourth spherical conflict on the Rod Laver Arena. And whereas Di Minaur misplaced out in a five-set thriller, Boulter and her beau appeared to nonetheless have lots to cheer about.
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Boulter was seen carrying an enormous ring on her finger, believed to be made by British jewellers Pragnell from their RockChic assortment. The beautiful ring prices within the area of £5,300.
And followers on social media went wild as they took to X to counsel the tennis couple – who’ve been courting since 2020 – had been now formally engaged. “Is Katie Boulter wearing an engagement ring?” one person wrote.
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Others excitedly tweeted: “KATIE BOULTER AND ALEX DE MINAUR ENGAGED!!! HE PUT A RING ON IT LOOK!” and: “KATIE BOULTER AND ALEX DE MINAUR ENGAGED!!! BLING BLING RING RING! CONGRATS.”
It comes despite De Minaur admitting earlier this month that he was not planning to pop the question just yet after being asked whether he would propose at the Australian Open. “Jeez. Putting me on the spot here,” the Aussie said.
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“Yeah, it isn’t on the playing cards simply but. Not ruling it out. For the time being, I’m going to attempt to give attention to taking part in tennis after which we’ll take into consideration the off-court actions.”
Boulter final week was defeated in straight units to twelfth seed Qinwen Zheng. She then suffered one other straight set loss alongside associate Petra Martic to fifth seeds Laura Siegemund and Barbora Krejcikova.