Eugenie Bouchard moved the world of tennis: “I had been without …”

Eugenie Bouchard He stretched his retirement. The Colombian Emiliana Arango (82nd) went to the court with the possibility of decreeing the bye of its rival but the local celebrated 6-4, 2-6 and 6-2.

The 31 -year -old Canadian ventured that Montreal’s will be her latest professional tournament … as long as she doesn’t win it. “The atmosphere out there has been electric, I had a lot of fun, I am very proud How I competed, how I stayed concentrated throughout the match, without stopping to fight. It has been a great physical battle, a great mental battle, I feel incredible after having played again in Montreal in front of everyone, ”said the winner after the game.

And he continued at a press conference: “The truth is that I didn’t know what to expect, I woke up this morning telling myself: ‘Look, I can’t control the result, I just want to have a good attitude, a good fight, try to feel my blows and find my tennis‘. No matter the result, I wanted to leave the court after enjoying this game, which ended up being a great battle. I enjoyed it every second, so it’s not what I expected. I didn’t know very well what to expect, but I’m very happy. ”

The former world number 5, 31 and invited by the organization to say goodbye to professional tennis in its second home, which would look rejuvenated in the central stadium of the complex by totalizing 25 Winners32 forced errors and six breaks completed in two hours and 15 minutes of play.

“My head returned to Montreal years ago, when I played here in the past and I only had good feelings on that court, in front of the crowd. It really brought me back to those pleasant memories over the years. I had not played in front of a crowd for a long time Thus, without playing a great game, so I tried to be very disciplined. I have managed to recover almost all my habits, which I do not use at the picklet, I thought I would have them more oxidized, but they were there. They are still inside me (laughs). ”

The proclaimed in Nuremberg 2014, season in which it would also reach the definition in Wimbledon and the semifinals in the Australia Open and Roland Garros, as well as classify the Wta Finals, squeezed the fist for the first time since September 2023, in the WTA 500 of Guadalajara, now it will face the Switzerland Belinda Bencic (20th) in search of extending your last function.

“I always knew that, if I lost, it would be the last time. But then, once I got to the court, I really tried to take it as a normal game, looking for the approach and repeating what I wanted to do at each point. I was blocking all that kind of consequences to allow me to play tennis, to enjoy the hardness of a WTA game, that’s the most difficult out there. “

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