“Who Cares What People Say?”-Eugenie Bouchard

Eugenie Bouchard is the first Canadian born to reach the finals of a Grand Slam at Wimbledon. The same year she made it to the semifinals of the Australian Open and the Roland Garros. Also, she is the first Canadian on the WTA circuit to be ranked in the top five rankings in the world. After having a prosperous 2014 season at a young age, the Canadian couldn’t emulate her achievements on the tour in the next seasons, she could only play two WTA Finals out of four. Her rankings dropped and she got knocked out from the top-100 rankings early this year for the first time since April 2013.

The stardom and fame at an early age were destructive to her career. She diverted on the track of modelling and Instagram and thereby her on-court performance got plunged.

“For a year after that, my life changed,” Bouchard said. “I was suddenly in the public eye and I felt tremendous pressure to keep up my level, keep up the results. But since then, I have learned a lot. I feel like I have gone through this roller coaster of life within my career and I feel like the pressure is ultimately just what you put on yourself. So I need to have a clear mind, not put pressure on myself and just try to play free. And you know, who cares what people say? I feel good. I have a new coach I like, I’ve been working hard. There [are] no guarantees for results but I definitely want to push myself and do whatever I can. I feel like I ended the season well, so I want to bring that momentum into 2019.”

Bouchard presently holds World Number 87 in the rankings. She is assured about ameliorating her performance on the professional tennis courts. She yearns to be a tough competitor on the courts. For the 2019 season, she strives to put in her best effort to produce fruitful results on the WTA circuit. She will be training under the guidance of Michael Joyce with whom she started to work in October this year.