Katie Boulter continued her poor form at the majors as she lost in three-sets to Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova. Despite her seeded status at the last four slams, the British No 1 has still never gone beyond the third round at these tentpole events – and only reached the second here.

Katie Boulter (No. 25) will take on Veronika Kudermetova (No. 75) in the Round of 64 at the Australian Open on Wednesday, January 15.Her last time out, Kudermetova fell to Jessica Pegula 7-6, 1-6,

Katie Boulter became the sixth British player to win their match in the opening round of the Australian Open this year.

British No.1 Katie Boulter is into the Australian Open second round after beating Rebecca Marino with six Brits having now won their first-round matches.

British women's No. 1 Katie Boulter is out of the Australian Open after a second round defeat to Veronika Kudermetova in Melbourne.

Watch the match highlights between Veronika Kudermetova & Katie Boulter in Round 2 of the 2025 Australian Open Women's Singles Tournament Tennis.

Katie Boulter has crashed out of the Australian Open in the second round after a shock defeat to Russian world No.75 Veronika Kudermetova. British No.1 Boulter, the world No.25, was the favourite to progress but has been unable to join her fellow Brit Emma Raducanu in the third round,