On Wednesday, Eugenie Bouchard Secures First Main Draw Win at Madrid Open. Eugenie Bouchard, a former Wimbledon runner-up, won her first Madrid Open main draw match in six years by defeating Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska in three sets.
Bouchard, who was once ranked as the world number five but has now dropped to 285, fought hard and managed to secure a victory of 6-7 (6/8), 6-2, 6-2 against her fellow qualifier.
Eugenie Bouchard Secures First Main Draw Win at Madrid Open
Eugenie Bouchard Secures First Main Draw Win after that in 2014, she reached the semi-finals at the Australian and French Opens, and also made her first and only Grand Slam final at Wimbledon. She was 29 years old at the time.
Unfortunately, her career took a downward turn due to a series of injury setbacks. The most recent one was a shoulder injury that kept her out of the game for 17 months in 2021 and 2022.
Eugenie Bouchard Secures First Main Draw Win after that she has only played three WTA main draw matches in 2023, including Wednesday’s outing. Earlier in April, she participated in two rounds in Bogota.
“It’s like restarting at zero,” – said Bouchard on Tuesday after coming through two rounds of qualifying in Madrid.
For a chance to advance to the third round of the tournament, she is scheduled to compete against Martina Trevisan, who is ranked 20th in the world and represents Italy.
In 2017, Bouchard made it to the quarter-finals in the Spanish capital. She had a remarkable victory over Maria Sharapova in a tense second-round match on her way to the quarter-finals.
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