Eugenie Bouchard withdraws from another tournament,this one in Monterrey,Mexico.
The tournament has yet to announce it.But for the second time in three weeks,Genie Bouchard has pulled out of a scheduled tournament at the last minute.This time,it's a small event in Monterrey,Mexico,where she was scheduled to be the No.2 seed.
It's a situation similar to the one that occurred at the much bigger tournament in Dubai two weeks ago,where Bouchard was announced as having been awarded a wild card into the tournament on Friday-only to have her name absent from the list-when the official draw was made less than 24 hours later.In Dubai,the official reason for withdrawl was an unspecified arm injury.The first indication that Bouchard might not be heading to Monterrey came Friday,when she posted photo's of a visit to the set of the Big Bang Theory television show.
Bouchard is accumulating a bit of a resume in terms of late shows.The first one of note came at a small event in Washington,DC last July,where she was scheduled to be the headliner(it was a tournament owned by her now-former management company,Hagardere,one that had offered her main draw w/cards long before she broke through to the top levels of the game).
Next came the infamous mess in Hong Kong,a,first year event that had used Bouchard heavily in it's promotional campaign in which she agreed to play,but only with a wild card.She pulled out of that event which took place right after the U.S.Open-or never officially entered it,depending on how you look at it-very late as well.
In the fall,after qualifying for the WTA Tour Final,at a tournament in Asia,she flew to Linz,Austria,for a small event at which she also was marquee attraction,Bouchard fulfilled her commitment by playing one match,winning the match,then withdrawing.Most recently,it was the event in Dubai.
Injuries are injuries,no player is immune to them.The nature and severit y of Bouchard's arm injury remains unkown.An email by EH Game to agent Jill Smoller sent back on Friday,inquiring whether Bouchard would indeed be playing in Monterrey,received no response.
Also of concern is Bouchard's abject lack of play so far,in 2015.She reached the q/finals at the Australian Open that was five matches.Since then,the Canadian has played only one match.With the top level events in Indian Wells and Miami coming next month,that is far from ideal.
Report from Stephanie Myles,28th February.
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