Game, set...and love match

Katie serves up wonderful news with engagement to Alex

- Robert Kellaway

TENNIS ace Katie Boulter shows off a dazzling £70,000 engagement ring announcing her yesterday after engagement to Australian player Alex de Minaur.

Katie, 28, posted a picture of herself with her arm around the shoulders of world number nine Alex, 25, who has described himself as an "honorary Brit".

The UK's number one, and current world number 24, female player showed off the fabulous emerald-cut solitaire diamond ring, thought to feature a five-carat stone.

Thrilled

The couple shared the picture on Instagram yesterday. Katie wrote in the online post: "We've been keeping a small secret." They have been together since 2020 after meeting on the professional tennis circuit.

Katie said: "We bumped into each other at six in the morning and ended up getting a coffee.