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Former Wimbledon finalist, Eugenie Bouchard is undoubtedly one of the most popular players on the tour. She garners a lot of attention, thanks to her social media activity. After going through shoulder surgery last year, she is finally making her comeback on the WTA tour at the Palm Harbour event next week. Meanwhile, before her return on the tour, she had a fun night out yesterday. Incidentally, she met a legendary soccer player, as she posted on social media. 

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Eugenie Bouchard meets David Beckham

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Yesterday, the Canadian tennis player, Bouchard, went out for dinner with some of her friends. Surprisingly, former Manchester United and Los Angeles Galaxy legend David Beckham was also there at the same restaurant. 

She took this opportunity to take a picture with the legendary soccer player along with some of her friends. Also, she posted this picture on her Twitter handle and in the caption, she wrote, “Guess Who Came to Dinner.”

Bouchard is eying a return at the Palm Harbour event

After grabbing all the headlines in 2014 for her outstanding performances in Grand Slam tournaments, the Canadian player hasn’t performed consistently on the tour. Notably, she reached the final in the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. In the same year, she also reached the semi-final at the Australian Open and the French Open. 

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After that, many injuries and other events took a toll on her career. Last year in June she suffered a horrific shoulder injury and had to go through the surgery. After recovering well from that surgery, she returned to the tennis court last December. Since then, she has played many exhibitions matches before getting ready for her long-awaited comeback on the tour.

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Earlier, the 28-year-old Canadian tennis player received a wild card in the Palm Harbour tennis tournament. Since receiving the entry, she has been practicing hard for her return match. Also, she posted a few pictures of her practice sessions on her social media. Meanwhile, the tournament will start on the 11th of April and it will be a clay-court tournament. If she performs well, she could potentially grab a ticket to Paris to play in the French Open.

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