Katie Boulter 'risk' pays off as Brit ready to 'make a move' at US Open

Katie Bolter has opened up on the risk she took whilst preparing for the US Open Katie Bolter claimed her risk of playing the Olympics before the US Open had paid off after she finally found her Rhythm to reach the second round and now the British No.1 is targeting her best run at a grand slam the no.31 seated won only one match in three hardcour events since the Paris Olympics on the clay at Roland garos and Ali Xandra sasnovich who beat Heather Watson in qualifying looked set to claim another British scalp when she won the first set in the midday heat after an 11 A.M start here but Bolter battled back to win 5 to 7 6261 in 2 hours and 25 minutes after winning 12 of the last 13 points in stadium 17 I'm super proud of the way I managed to stay in there said the Leicester city fan the Olympics was an amazing week for me I wouldn't change it for the world but I haven't come into here with loads of matches dot I change surface within three days and I've never done that it's a complete risk for me in my body there's always going to be that question mark in your mind am I ready am I going to bring my best game it was about accepting that it might not be pretty but I'm going to have to find a way through it's always tough to play a qualifier because they're comfortable and they're ready to Geo dot when you haven't played that many matches on this surface sometimes breathing and taking your time helps I really found my rhythm at the end there I felt like I raised it and I was happy with getting

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