Katie Boulter was 'bricking it completely' before upsetting Paula Badosa at Wimbledon

Katie Boulter admitted she was "bricking it" before beating No.9 seed Paula Badosa on Centre Court. The British No.2 came back from a break down in the final set to see off the Australian Open semi-finalist 6-2 3-6 6-4.

But the Leicester City fan admitted: "I didn't have any nerves there - I was bricking it completely. I have a lot of matches recently where I have started out great and then let it slip. I played one at Queen's which hurt me a lot (defeat to Diana Shnaider). So I just tried to compete today, fight, hope for the best, hope she missed and just kept pushing myself to be positive and go after the ball and make it happen and today it actually happened so I am thrilled."

It was Boulter fourth win over a top-10 player and she will now face Argentine lucky loser Solana Sierra in the next round. She has never got beyond the third round here.

Boulter said: "I think i got one of my first ones against (Karolina) Pliskova on this court (in 2022) and the moment I stepped out here it reminded me of that from the first ball. I just felt I had some really good juju going on there.

"I played some really good stuff and happy to be through to the next round.

"I didn't have any nerves there - I was bricking it completely. I have a lot of matches recently where I have started out great and then let it slip. I played one at Queen's which hurt me a lot. So I just tried to compete today, fight, hope for the best, hope she missed and just kept pushing myself to be positive and go after the ball and make it happen and today it actually happened so I am thrilled. I am just super happy to be through."

Nine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova said on BBC One: "That was perhaps the sweetest win of her career - it doesn't get much better than that, especially right here on Centre Court."