Tennis power couple Alex de Minaur and Katie Boulter announce engagement

Tennis stars Alex de Minaur and Katie Boulter have announced their engagement.

Posting the news on Instagram, the pair wrote: "We’ve been keeping a small secret…".

The pair have been dating since March 2020, and news of their engagement caps off stellar years for the pair.

Boulter, 28, is now British no1, having this year won her first WTA 500 title at the San Diego Open which took her to a world ranking on 27.

The day earlier, De Minaur, 25, had won the Mexican Open, before flying north to San Diego to catch his then-girlfriend pick up the biggest prize of her career.

Bolter then followed it up with a Nottingham Open victory, beating Karolina Plískova in the WTA 250 tournament ahead of Wimbledon.

Last month she lost in the Hong Kong Open final to Diana Shnairder and finished the year ranked a career-high no23 in the world, breaching the top 25 for the first time.

De Minaur was in June ranked a career-high no6 in the world and finishes the year ranked no9 after reaching the quarter-finals of both the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open for the first time.