{"id":294826,"date":"2023-11-11T21:24:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T21:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294826"},"modified":"2023-11-11T21:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T21:24:33","slug":"katie-boulter-responds-to-swedens-bjk-cup-mind-games-with-gb-tie-on-knife-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/katie-boulter-responds-to-swedens-bjk-cup-mind-games-with-gb-tie-on-knife-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Boulter responds to Sweden&#8217;s BJK Cup mind games with GB tie on knife-edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Katie-Boulter-BJK-Cup-5061387.jpg?r=1699729153705\"><\/p>\n<p>Katie Boulter admitted Great Britain face a \u201cbattle\u201d against underdogs Sweden on Sunday after Jodie Burrage suffered a nightmare defeat on her Billie Jean King Cup debut.\u00a0British No.2 Burrage won the first four games against world No.372 Kajsa Rinaldo Persson before collapsing to a horrible loss in the soldout Copper Box Arena. Boulter then responded by thrashing Swedish No.2 Caijsa Hennemann to leave the playoff level at 1-1 going into the reverse singles and the doubles on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing her two top players, Swedish captain Johanna Larsson played mind games by claiming: \u201cI feel like the Brits have the pressure on them and it will be exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And British No.1 Boulter said: \u201cWe&#8217;ve got a battle going into tomorrow. These girls have got nothing to lose. They\u2019re coming out and having a swing and you can see how well they play .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;ve got no pressure at all. It&#8217;s my job to do what I can and I know that girls are going to do what they can and we&#8217;re going to fight our little hearts out for it. We move on and we get ready to battle tomorrow. Jodie is a tough cookie and she will be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive tennis news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Just in <\/strong> <strong>Alcaraz concedes to Djokovic as he shares rare insight into Serb&#8217;s training[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/5061395.jpg?r=1699729153761\"><\/p>\n<p>Burrage had raced into a 4-0 lead after 20 minutes against the Swedish No.1 &#8211; and then disintegrated to lose 12 of the next 13 games. The British No.2 made 31 unforced errors and had her serve broken six times as she lost 6-4 6-1 in an excruciating 80-minute defeat.<\/p>\n<p>In her post-match press conference, world No.93 Burrage fought back tears as she admitted: \u201cIt is tough to take. Even the nerves before, I have not felt like that before ever. Even stepping out on Centre Court at Wimbledon. It doesn\u2019t even compare to this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is so different playing for yourself and playing for your team. That is why it hurts even more because I am hurting for other people. That is why I am **** off with myself even more than I have ever been.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Kyrgios fuels Australian Open concerns after setbacks &#8217;caused me a lot of pain'[UPDATE] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Jack Draper defeated in first final at Sofia Open despite matching Murray feat[REPORT] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Djokovic one win away from achieving goal bigger to him than winning ATP Finals[QUOTES] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/5061397.jpg?r=1699729153998\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave everything I had today and I just wasn\u2019t good enough. And that is what is **** really if you excuse my French.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boulter needed only 77 minutes to beat world No.532 Caijsa Hennemann 6-2 6-1. The GB captain will now have to decide whether to give Burrage another chance in the reverse singles on Sunday- or call in doubles players Harriet Dart or Heather Watson.<\/p>\n<p>Britain were heavy favourites coming into the home playoff with two players in the top 100 and no Swedish players ranked in the top 370. Keothavong said: \u201cI would expect her (Larsson) to say that and she is right. We have got work to do tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/1834037\/Katie-Boulter-Billie-Jean-King-Cup-Britain-Sweden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Katie Boulter admitted Great Britain face a \u201cbattle\u201d against underdogs Sweden on Sunday after Jodie Burrage suffered a nightmare defeat on her Billie Jean King <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/katie-boulter-responds-to-swedens-bjk-cup-mind-games-with-gb-tie-on-knife-edge\/\" title=\"Katie Boulter responds to Sweden&#8217;s BJK Cup mind games with GB tie on knife-edge\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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