{"id":58793,"date":"2015-08-12T10:03:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T02:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58793"},"modified":"2025-01-14T08:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:54:12","slug":"bouchard-eliminated-from-rogers-cup-in-first-round-for-second-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/12\/bouchard-eliminated-from-rogers-cup-in-first-round-for-second-straight-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Bouchard eliminated from Rogers Cup in first round for second straight year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eugenie Bouchard (Photo from Bouchard’s official Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO \u2013 Canadian Eugenie Bouchard is out of the Rogers Cup in the first round for the second straight year.<\/p>\n

Bouchard lost to Switzerland\u2019s Belinda Bencic 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 Tuesday night on centre court at Aviva Centre.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old from Westmount, Que., has now lost her first match in eight of her past 10 WTA tournaments. Bouchard has also dropped 13 of her past 15 matches overall.<\/p>\n

Bencic, the 20th-ranked player in the world, moves on to face fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki in the second round.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a big fight,\u201d Bencic said immediately after the match. \u201cI think Genie played very good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bouchard\u2019s struggles began a year ago when the Rogers Cup was in Montreal and she lost to qualifier Shelby Rogers when ranked fifth. While that was a stunning defeat on the heels of her finals appearance at Wimbledon, this loss followed a year-long trend.<\/p>\n

Amid her struggles, Bouchard has fired two coaches \u2013 Nick Saviano in November and Sam Sumyk last week. Bouchard said she was working with Marko Dragic on a short-term basis for the Rogers Cup.<\/p>\n

Bouchard\u2019s exit means there are no Canadians left in women\u2019s singles play.<\/p>\n

Francoise Abanda of Montreal lost to 16th-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany 3-6, 6-4-6-2, and Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont.<\/p>\n

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, lost 6-1, 6-1 to American Madison Brengle.<\/p>\n

Earlier Tuesday, world No. 1 Serena Williams survived an early scare to beat Italy\u2019s Flavia Pennetta 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Williams was frustrated with how she was playing and then got too angry to focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Serena, you\u2019re going to have to be positive and be good to yourself out here,\u2019\u201d Williams said. \u201cOnce I started being more positive, I started actually playing better, too.<\/p>\n

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Williams is the only player back for this Rogers Cup who played in 2001, when she won the tournament for the first time. Asked how that made her feel, Williams said: \u201cLike a nice vintage wine. A good vintage red wine, I\u2019d say, getting better with age, I hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even at 33, Williams is playing elite-level tennis and can complete the calendar-year Grand Slam by winning the U.S. Open next month. She’s using this tournament to get used to playing on hard courts again.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good opportunity for me because I haven\u2019t played a match on hard courts since April-ish, early, early April, after Miami,\u201d Williams said. \u201cIt was a long time ago. So I think it was really good for me to have that match play.<\/p>\n

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