Katie Boulter’s hopes of a strong Australian Open run ended in disappointing fashion with a second-round loss to Veronika Kudermetova. Seeded for the first time at Melbourne Park, Boulter looked ...

British No1 Katie Boulter continued her poor form at the majors as she lost in three sets to Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova. Despite her privileged status as a seed at the last four grand slam ...

No.2 seed Simona Halep captured the 23rd WTA singles title of her career, and first in Australia, at the Melbourne Summer Set 1 with a 6-2, 6-3 defeat of No.3 seed Veronika Kudermetova in the final.

Katie Boulter’s hopes of a strong Australian Open run ended in disappointing fashion with a second-round loss to Veronika Kudermetova. Seeded for the first time at Melbourne Park, Boulter looked ...

Katie Boulter’s hopes of a strong Australian Open run ended in disappointing fashion with a second-round loss to Veronika Kudermetova. Seeded for the first time at Melbourne Park, Boulter looked ...

Veronika Kudermetova catches Katie Boulter cold in chilly Melbourne The British number one fell to a 7-6 (3) 2-6 6-2 defeat. By contributor By Eleanor Crooks, PA Tennis Correspondent, Melbourne ...

But, having survived a nail-biter in the first round against Rebecca Marino, she could not repeat the feat against Kudermetova, falling to a 7-6 (3) 2-6 6-2 defeat. Victorious Veronika.

Kudermetova has slipped to 75 in the rankings after a poor year but she is a former top-10 player and caught Boulter cold on a chilly Melbourne evening.