British No.1 Katie Boulter details horrifying ordeal of being stalked while in London

Saturday, 07 December 2024 at 18:30

Becoming a big name in the sport of tennis provides good and bad as Katie Boulter detailed with a terrifying incident which saw her followed home albeit while picking up her long-time boyfriend and top tennis pro, Alex de Minaur.

Boulter has ascended into being Britain's top female tennis player and said that they went to Sloane Square shopping and the same people who followed them there also followed them home.

Saying that De Minaur made her feel more at ease, it still wasn't a nice experience for the Leicester native who spoke to The Guardian about the incident and how fellow tennis pros have experienced it.

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'People have followed me at times,' Boulter says. 'I actually went to go and pick up Alex [de Minaur, her boyfriend and fellow tennis player] from Queens, and I had someone follow me

'We went to Sloane Square, got out, went for a walk around the shops and stuff and the same car was following me home.'

'I was with Alex, so it was absolutely fine, but yeah, it wasn't the best feeling.'

Boulter admitted that it's always been an issue as a woman whether in the public eye or not. "It's something that I've always thought about [ being a women]. Us as women, if we're home alone at night, sometimes we do think about those things."

She referenced fellow top tennis stars who have had to deal with similar. This includes fellow Brit Emma Raducanu who had to take a restraining order out on one particular person. As well as American, Danielle Collins who revealed her own experiences earlier in the year. But sadly for Boulter, she admits it's part of the territory. "It happens to all of us; it's part of life when you're in the public eye a little bit."

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