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MIKE DICKSON: Katie Boulter eyes another Leicester miracle as she aims to emulate 2016 triumph

More unlikely things have happened than Katie Boulter making a run deep into the heart of this year’s Wimbledon.

Her hometown football club, Leicester, winning the Premier League in 2016 for instance. Or perhaps a teenager from Kent winning the US Open within months of doing her A-levels.

Maybe something is in the air for the 25 year-old British number four, as already this has been no ordinary week.

Katie Boulter is through to the third round at Wimbledon after she overcameu00a0Karolina Pliskova

Katie Boulter is through to the third round at Wimbledon after she overcame Karolina Pliskova

Boutler, from Leicester, is drawing inspiration from Leicester's incredible 2016 league success

On Tuesday night, after her first round victory, she was told that her grandmother – among the inspirations for her tennis career – had passed away.