Alex de Minaur backed himself into an awkward corner in a hilarious post-match interview about fiance Katie Boulter at the Australian Open.
The British tennis star looked baffled by de Minaur’s responses after the Aussie world No.6 won his third-round match against America’s Frances Tiafoe.
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De Minaur, 26, proposed to Boulter, 29, in December 2024 after they met through mutual friends in 2020, and began dating in March 2022.
They announced their engagement just days before they could’ve played each other at the United Cup – but in two possible meetings, at least one of them did not play in the mixed doubles.
“Honestly, when I’m out there on court, and you see me so stressed out, I’m just thinking of the wedding budget,” de Minaur quipped at one point last year.
“And that’s why I’m like, ‘I need to win more money, I need to win more matches.’ That’s all that goes through my head.”
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The pair are planning to marry later this year, believed to be somewhere in Europe, but when tennis great Jim Courier tried to ask de Minaur what role he’d been playing in the process the Aussie didn’t exactly have the details down pat.
Jim Courier: “How involved are you planning to be in this wedding planning? Are you going to leave it to Katie?”
Alex de Minaur: “Are you doubting me, Jim?”
JC: “I am definitely doubting you.”
ADM: “You know, this is like a 50-50 relationship, right?”
JC: “So you’ve not been married? You don’t know. You’re about to become a 49% shareholder of a company.”
ADM: “Honestly, the fact that we’re both tennis players and we’ve both got quite a busy schedule (helps). We are doing as much as we can together.
“And yeah, I’ve been involved so far with some of the decisions. I’m sure when it comes to like, the details of napkins and flowers and, you know, decoration purposes, that’s not my forte. I’ll leave that to Katie.”
Cue a concerned face from Boulter in the crowd…
And, thankfully for de Minaur, a laugh immediately afterwards.
Though writing “Katie (love heart)” on the camera after the win probably helped his case as well.
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