Eugenie Bouchard Withdraws From U.S. Open, Eugenie Bouchard’s entry into the second week of the United States Open was supposed to have coincided with the return of her new coaching consultant, Jimmy Connors, who had planned to rejoin her if she reached the fourth round.
Instead, she will not play at all. The tournament director David Brewer announced Sunday that the 25th-seeded Bouchard, a 21-year-old Canadian, had withdrawn from the tournament, citing a concussion she sustained in a locker-room accident on Friday.
Brewer said Bouchard sustained the injury late Friday night, after her mixed-doubles victory with Nick Kyrgios in the first round. With the locker room empty and dark as Bouchard entered for an ice bath, he said, Bouchard slipped on the recently cleaned floor and fell, hitting her elbow and head.
Still struggling with typical concussion symptoms — a severe headache, sensitivity to light and noise — Bouchard withdrew Saturday from her women’s doubles and mixed-doubles matches on the advice of tournament doctors. She arrived at the U.S.T.A. Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon, hours before her night match against Roberta Vinci, looking pale and wearing dark sunglasses. She walked slowly to the entrance, with the hood of a plum sweatshirt covering her head as a manager guided her through the crush of photographers’ cameras.
At that point, her official withdrawal seemed inevitable. Vinci, a 32-year-old Italian ranked 43rd, advanced to a quarterfinal against Kristina Mladenovic, a 22-year-old Frenchwoman ranked 40th, who ousted No. 13 Ekaterina Makarova, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1, in Sunday’s final match.
Bouchard had been in the midst of a modest revival at the U.S. Open after working with Connors in preparation for the tournament, both on site and in nearby Forest Hills.
She had lost 15 of 18 matches heading into New York, sending her ranking plummeting to 25th from seventh, but at the Open, Bouchard had posted three straight victories for the first time since January.
“When I was coming into this tournament, one win was a huge thing for me,” Bouchard said Friday.
Instead, she will not play at all. The tournament director David Brewer announced Sunday that the 25th-seeded Bouchard, a 21-year-old Canadian, had withdrawn from the tournament, citing a concussion she sustained in a locker-room accident on Friday.
Brewer said Bouchard sustained the injury late Friday night, after her mixed-doubles victory with Nick Kyrgios in the first round. With the locker room empty and dark as Bouchard entered for an ice bath, he said, Bouchard slipped on the recently cleaned floor and fell, hitting her elbow and head.
Still struggling with typical concussion symptoms — a severe headache, sensitivity to light and noise — Bouchard withdrew Saturday from her women’s doubles and mixed-doubles matches on the advice of tournament doctors. She arrived at the U.S.T.A. Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon, hours before her night match against Roberta Vinci, looking pale and wearing dark sunglasses. She walked slowly to the entrance, with the hood of a plum sweatshirt covering her head as a manager guided her through the crush of photographers’ cameras.
At that point, her official withdrawal seemed inevitable. Vinci, a 32-year-old Italian ranked 43rd, advanced to a quarterfinal against Kristina Mladenovic, a 22-year-old Frenchwoman ranked 40th, who ousted No. 13 Ekaterina Makarova, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1, in Sunday’s final match.
Bouchard had been in the midst of a modest revival at the U.S. Open after working with Connors in preparation for the tournament, both on site and in nearby Forest Hills.
She had lost 15 of 18 matches heading into New York, sending her ranking plummeting to 25th from seventh, but at the Open, Bouchard had posted three straight victories for the first time since January.
“When I was coming into this tournament, one win was a huge thing for me,” Bouchard said Friday.
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