“We bumped into each other at six in the morning and ended up getting a coffee. From that moment, I knew I was in it for the long haul,” Katie Boulter once revealed, recalling his first interaction with Alex de Minaur. The tennis power couple dated each other since March 2020, before announcing their engagement last year on December 23. Boulter had always looked up to her grandfather while growing up and wanted someone in her life who’d have “half his heart.” The Brit believed it was only when she found such a man, she could call herself the “luckiest woman in the world.“ Well, the way they support each other through thick and thin, Boulter certainly seems to have found the man of his dreams. But how do they lift each other in difficult times?

Speaking about her biggest supporters previously, Boulter once admitted, “He (De Minaur) puts me before himself all the time and takes care of the people around him – his family and his team. He’s my best example of what I want to be.” Well, indeed!

Recently, Boulter was outclassed by Jasmine Paolini in her second-round match at the Madrid Open by 1-6,2-6. However, that didn’t stop her from showing her support to her fiancé, who has been finding his groove on clay. De Minaur kicked off his campaign at the Madrid Open with a stunning 6-2,6-3 victory over Lorenzo Sonego. Boulter was spotted applauding De Minaur’s incredible backhand winner from the courtside.

Not only that, she even took up the cheerleading role for him during his interview with the Tennis Channel. In a lighthearted moment, the Brit snuck up behind the camera operator and caught De Minaur off-guard, shouting, “You are too good.“

Is this the way they pull each other up through ups and downs, ignoring their own turmoils on the court? According to Alex de Minaur, “I mean, ultimately that’s what we try to do right. It’s never easy, we’re both competitive, and we always want to win, right? So, I guess it’s our job to help each other to kind of help in that way and be the best possible support we can be to each other when we have the good days and the bad days and kind of always stay constant, right.”

Katie Boulter has struggled a bit this season, and she currently has a win-loss record of just 6-6. Speaking about her recent loss, De Minaur added, “You know she had a tough loss, she had a good first-round win, and you know it’s still developing on the clay and she has improved so much. So the way it kind of goes is just you jump on the wagon and on goes the next week, and she’s so good with that, she’s great to have around, and I’m looking forward to you know just spending more and more time with her during these tournaments.”

De Minaur admits Boulter has given him a “different perspective” on how to take results and deal with the losses in a better way. In a previous interaction, he highlighted it, saying, “I think I realized this was becoming something special when I found myself wanting to talk to her all the time. Her companionship was something I’d been looking for: it gave me a sense of peace.”

Even Boulter has, time and again, admitted how they helped each other through difficult times in so many different ways, and perhaps it’s because of this incredible chemistry between them that they won the ATP Socials ‘Couple Goals’ award in November last year.

Boulter’s poor form, however, could well push her away from being the British number one, but De Minaur has a strong chance of securing his spot in the R16 of the Madrid Open. What did he say after his impressive victory in the previous round?

Alex de Minaur is “very happy” with his performance in his first match at the Madrid Open

Alex de Minaur has got off to a flying start in the clay-court swing. He reached the SF in Monte Carlo and then made it to the QF in Barcelona. With his recent win against Sonego at the Madrid Open, he has now taken his win-loss record on clay to 6-2 in 2025.

“I was very happy with how I settled mentally and was able to bounce back straight after losing my serve first game, and I really ended up playing some great tennis. So very happy with that,” De Minaur said after the match.

Highlighting his improvements on clay further, De Minaur added, “You see less unforced errors from me, and at the same time, you see me being a little bit more aggressive, able to hurt my opponents in different ways.“

Katie Boulter, on the other hand, has also been Britain’s leading women’s player since June 2023. She’s currently ranked 40th in the world, but her recent performances have put her in a spot of bother in terms of retaining her position as the British No. 1, with the likes of Emma Raducanu (49) and Sonay Kartal (60) closing in. In fact, Raducanu has already overtaken Boulter in the UTR Rankings! Is Boulter worried about all this?

“I don’t feel any pressure at all. I’m very comfortable in the seat that I am, and I know that every single person has a different journey, and my journey is not going to be compared to anyone else’s – I’m proud of that. I’ve been the British number one for two years, it’s been a fair while now. It’s something which I’m quite used to,” she said.

Are you backing Boulter to bring out her A-game in the upcoming clay court events and excel like her fiancé, Alex de Minaur? Share your thoughts in the comments below.