Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter form the ultimate power couple of tennis as British collaboration with Queen’s – but BBC Blunder means fans who cannot look: ‘utter madness’

Emma Raducanu And Katie Boulter were taken to court for the first match of their budding double partnership, since Tennis returns to the Queen’s Club for the first time in 52 years.

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) announced the inaugural WTA 500 competition last year in West Kensington, with the historic location that is already host for an established men’s tournament.

Raducanu and Boulter are one of the BoldFaced names that have been tempted to the first running of the tournament, next to former former Wimbledon Champion Elena Rybakina and Barbora Krejcikova, and this year Australian Open winner Madison tests.

The tournament also offers the launch platform for the newest double partnership of Groot -Britain, where Raducanu returns to the format on the Tour for the first time since 2022.

But the British audience that is unable to view the couple in the capital, with the BBC Forced to offer an apology after angry viewers have not found the competition on terrestrial or IPLayer.

‘Unfortunately we cannot show you this competition because we are concentrating on Andy Murray Arena, but we will bring your updates during the afternoon, ‘BBC Commentary announced to the court shortly before the start of the match.

Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter were brought to court for the first time

Raducanu has not been playing double doubles on tour level since 2022, but has spoken about her desire to learn from her teammate of Billie Jean King Cup Cup

The British combination should be a cash register in West London, but their countrymen cannot watch the game on television

Boulter revealed that the link had been Born from a conversation at the club Where they play their first game while she spoke about her excitement to work with the former US Open Champion.

“I think I and Emma, ​​we’ve wanted to play for a while,” Boulter shared. ‘I think we have often spoken about it, and unfortunately it just didn’t happen completely for various reasons. I think (for the first week on grass, to get a few more competitions is super important.

‘I think we were here at Queen’s, practiced the clay, and we decided that we thought we would come back and play on the grass together.

“It will be extremely special,” Boulter added. “It is clear that she is a great player and I look forward to having the first of much more.”

Raducanu just liked to mate with the British NO1 – but admitted that she will look at her countryman for more than a small guidance because of her ambiguity.

“It’s exciting,” said the 22-year-old Sunday. ‘I really love katie, and being on the field with her is going to be great.

‘Hopefully she will give me a lot about what I have to do, and just tell me what I have to do, and I will try to do it!

“I didn’t play much twice, so for me, and I’m not sure how things are going, but it will be a good learning experience anyway.”

Boulter and Raducanu will also try to make deep runs in the singles, with the first with Alja Tomljanovic and the last Cristina Busca in their first round tires.

But on the eve of the tournament, Raducanu caused injury problems While she admitted that she had suffered a back cramp that had interrupted her preparations for her grass court, less than three weeks after a similar complaint was involved with her run in Strasbourg.

Boulter shared that the couple had made the decision to work together for doubles at Queen’s Club

The partners compete against Wu Fang-Hsien and Jiang Xinyu in their first round at the tournament

Both Boulter and Raducanu will try to make deep runs in the singles drawing and double

“I can’t really predict the future what it will be like,” Raducanu said when he was asked how sure she felt in her body before an intense month. ‘I have managed my back in recent weeks, and it is something that comes and goes.

‘In general, I just have to manage what I can take care of when these things happen. I just have to deal with it and just keep doing the right things. ‘