Eugenie Bouchard Reportedly Sidelined From The WTA Tour in The Month of February

Canada’s former number one tennis player Eugenie Bouchard is representing her nation at Fed Cup 2020 in Biel, Switzerland. Bouchard was scheduled to play World Number five Belinda Bencic, but she pulled out from the match due to a wrist injury. Later, teammate Gabriela Dabrowski replaced Bouchard in the singles rubber.

Her left wrist injury is compelling her to miss professional tennis for the upcoming days. Canada’s Fed Cup captain Heidi El Tabakh mentioned that Genie be will be out of action for at least two or three weeks. The seriousness of her injury will be confirmed after an MRI, an ultrasound and an x-ray.

“Genie hurt her wrist during the last five minutes of practice on Thursday,” El Tabakh explained. “We didn’t know how bad it would be but it was bothering her quite a bit so we made the decision [to bring in Gaby] after today’s warm-up.”

A few days ago Bouchard was awarded a wildcard the Thailand Open, in Hua Hin. The tournament is scheduled to start on February 10, 2020.

“I’m so happy that I’m coming to Hua Hin to play at the GSB Thailand Open presented by EA. I’m so excited because I’ve never been to Thailand and I want to play in front of all my Thai friends,” Eugenie Bouchard mentioned upon the reception of the wildcard.

But now World Number 267 Bouchard’s injured wrist is hindering her participation in Hua Hin.  As a consequence, she will be missing Thailand Open.

Season 2019 for Eugenie Bouchard

Last year in February, Bouchard did not qualify for the Qatar Open in Doha. And later she lost her second match to Simona Halep in Dubai. Her losing streak of matches began there, and later she went on to lose 13 matches in a row. She snapped her losing at a Challenger event in Houston, USA.

Fed Cup 2020: Canada vs Switzerland

At Fed Cup 2020 in Biel, Team Switzerland has won three singles matches against Team Canada. The sole loss of the Swiss team was delivered by their top-ranked player Bencic, as she surrendered to Leylah Annie Fernandez in straight sets. They are yet to play their doubles rubber.