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Last week, Boulter helped Great Britain to reach the semi-finals of the Billie Jean King Cup with a statement win over Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima, a welcome return to form after her Wimbledon ended with a second-round defeat to lucky loser Solana Sierra and she failed to progress from round one at the US Open.<\/p>\n
At Wimbledon, Norrie made the last eight of a major for the first time in three years but was knocked out by finalist Carlos Alcaraz then, at the US Open, regretted how ‘overconfidence’ caused him to throw away a tight contest<\/a> with four-time champion Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in Beijing, Coco Gauff’s title defence continued with a 6-4 6-0 victory, easing past Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova to reach the last 32.<\/p>\n In the next round, the world number three will face Canadian Leylah Fernandez, who also secured an emphatic win, dispatching Greece’s Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n